Mae West / Carol Bergman. by Bergman, Carol

Face paint : the story of makeup / Lisa Eldridge. by Eldridge, Lisa

Table of Contents: “…Media and motivation: creating the dream -- The beauty pioneers: visionaries and vaudeville -- History in your handbag: folk remedies to global brands -- The bleeding edge: into the future.…”
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The orange book / by Richard McGuire. by McGuire, Richard

The soul of pleasure : sentiment and sensation in nineteenth-century American mass entertainment / David Monod. by Monod, David, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Enter sentimentality : the origins of the entertainment revolution -- Laugh and grow fat : minstrelsy and burlesque -- Looking through : sentimental aesthetics -- The democratization of entertainment : the concert saloons -- Any dodge is fair to raise a good sensation : the danger and promise of sensationalism -- Art with the effervescence of ginger beer : the creation of vaudeville -- Spectacle and nostalgia on the road : traveling shows.…”
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The soul of pleasure : sentiment and sensation in nineteenth-century American mass entertainment / David Monod. by Monod, David, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Enter sentimentality : the origins of the entertainment revolution -- Laugh and grow fat : minstrelsy and burlesque -- Looking through : sentimental aesthetics -- The democratization of entertainment : the concert saloons -- Any dodge is fair to raise a good sensation : the danger and promise of sensationalism -- Art with the effervescence of ginger beer : the creation of vaudeville -- Spectacle and nostalgia on the road : traveling shows.…”
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The road to comedy : the films of Bob Hope / Donald W. McCaffrey. by McCaffrey, Donald W.

Table of Contents: “…Song, dance, and gags: from vaudeville to radio -- Hollywood embraces a song and dance man -- Starring Hope during the war years -- There was Hope and Hartmann -- Some hits and misses -- Neglected and underrated movies -- The rocky road to exotic worlds -- Fade out on movies: the fade in of the small screen -- Through the decades with Hope's films: 1934-1972 -- Assessment: Bob Hope's legacy.…”
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Song and dance man / by Karen Ackerman ; illustrated by Stephen Gammell. by Ackerman, Karen, 1951-

The great radio sitcoms / Jim Cox. by Cox, Jim, 1939-

Jane Froman : Missouri's first lady of song / Ilene Stone. by Stone, Ilene, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Anna and Elmer -- Jane and Margaret Ann -- Clinton and the convent -- Columbia and college -- Radio and vaudeville -- New York and fame -- Patriotism and disaster -- Death or life -- Recovery and a promise kept -- Breakdown and renewal -- Comeback and court -- Home and retirement -- Giving back and Arrow Rock -- Singing and honors -- Columbia and Jane -- Beliefs and good-bye -- Epilogue : The two Janes.…”
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Television families : is something wrong in suburbia? / William Douglas. by Douglas, William, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…The family and popular culture in America -- Coming together and coming apart: the development of the American family -- From Vaudeville to radio: the family in popular culture -- Love and marriage, horse and carriage: the family in postwar America -- Development of the television family: spousal relations -- Development of the television family: parent-child and sibling relations -- Minorities on television: a tale of two groups -- Is something wrong in suburbia?…”

Sophie Tucker : first lady of show business / by Armond Fields. by Fields, Armond, 1930-2008

Table of Contents: “…Welcome to America -- Breaking in -- The Mary Garden of ragtime (1) -- The Mary Garden of ragtime (2) -- Vaudeville stardom -- Celebrating cabarets -- Risky business -- At the top of her game -- Burning up the boards -- Honky tonk -- Escape to London -- Looking back over her shoulder -- The labor union blues -- Fast becoming a legend -- The glory years -- A fabulous character.…”

Blues empress in black Chattanooga : Bessie Smith and the emerging urban South / Michelle R. Scott. by Scott, Michelle R., 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: uncovering the life of a blues woman -- Beyond the contraband camps: Black Chattanooga from the Civil War to 1880 -- The freest town on the map: Black migration to new south Chattanooga -- The empress's playground: Bessie Smith and Black childhood in the urban South -- Life on Big Ninth Street: the emerging blues culture in Chattanooga -- An empress in vaudeville: Bessie Smith on the theater circuit.…”
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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show : "Say goodnight, Gracie!" / starring George Burns and Gracie Allen, with Jimmy Cash, Bill Goodwin, Paul Whiteman Orch.

Flying funny : my life without a net / Dudley Riggs ; foreword by Al Franken. by Riggs, Dudley, 1932-2020

Table of Contents: “…The Polar Prince; 2. Vaudeville; 3. The World's Fair; 4. The Riggs Brothers Circus; 5. …”
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Making American culture : a social history, 1900-1920 / Patricia Bradley. by Bradley, Patricia, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Culture and nationhood -- Vaudeville : template for the century -- Outsider art : American popular song -- Silent film : the private experience -- Censorship, class, and culture -- Isadora Duncan and the spirit of modernism -- Cultural communities and cultural consequences -- Modern art meets modern marketing : the Armory Show -- Unambiguous ambition : Eugene O'Neill and the Provincetown Players -- The politics of culture : the singing army -- Epilogue : broadcasting begins.…”

Staging race : black performers in turn of the century America / Karen Sotiropoulos. by Sotiropoulos, Karen, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Politics, Not Minstrelsy -- 1 Minstrel Men and the Worldâ€?s Fair -- 2 Vaudeville Stages and Black Bohemia -- 3 The “Coon Crazeâ€? …”
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W.C. Fields by Himself : His Intended Autobiography with Hitherto Unpublished Letters, Notes, Scripts, and Articles. by Fields, W. C.

Table of Contents: “…Fields By Himself ; CONTENTS; Introduction; Foreword; PART ONE Life and Letters 1880-1929 ; PART TWO Vaudeville Scripts 1920s and '30s; PART THREE Notes, Articles, and Public Issues 1930s and '40s ; PART FOUR Radio Scripts and Scenarios 1930s and '40s ; PART FIVE The Movies 1932-1943; PART SIX Life and Letters II 1933-1946.…”
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Showtime in Cleveland : the Rise of a Regional Theater Center. by Vacha, John

Table of Contents: “…Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; One: Early Stages; Two: The Ellsler Era; Three: The Gilded Stage; Four: When Vaudeville Was King; Five: New Voices; Six: Enter Playhouse Square; Seven: The Fabulous Invalid Survives; Eight: New Directions; Nine: Renaissance; Appendix A: Cleveland's Biggest Hits; Appendix B: We Opened in Cleveland; Bibliographical Essay; Index…”
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Dancing down the barricades : Sammy Davis Jr. and the long civil rights era : a cultural history / Matthew Frye Jacobson. by Jacobson, Matthew Frye, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Preface : the long civil rights era -- Star rising at twilight : a childhood in vaudeville -- "A concentrated bunch of haters" : war time in Wyoming -- The all-negro cast, and other black spaces -- The Vegas Strip, network TV, and other white spaces -- "Division is not our destiny" : interracial romance and Golden boy -- Writing wrongs in Yes I can -- "The skin commits you" : civil rights itinerary -- Coda : what is the "post" of "post-civil rights"?…”
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Cagney / by John McCabe. by McCabe, John, 1920-2005

Table of Contents: “…Carrie -- The rearguard tough -- Hard knocks, hard knuckles -- Farming deferred -- Willie -- Vaudeville variety -- Broadway -- Warner brothers -- Jack "the Shvontz" -- The mix as before -- More troubled in our native lan' -- Easier trouble -- Out of the factory -- The factory gentrified -- In function -- A dandy yankee doodle -- The war -- The lone Cagneys -- Back to the factory -- Open-field running -- Annus Mirabilis -- Indian summer -- Not the ending -- Memories -- Cagney by Cagney -- Marge -- On acting -- Next to closing -- Last bow.…”