
04 Feb 1928

A Laugh or Two
Vaudeville act performed by husband and wife team Russ Brown and Jean Whitaker.
A comedic team. The Ann seems to try and come across as a Mae West type. Jay plays the role of the straight partner.
Herself
04 Feb 1928
Vaudeville act performed by husband and wife team Russ Brown and Jean Whitaker.
15 Sep 1944
The film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch Pete Monahan. Because of his love affair with the bottle, Pete manages to get himself and his family blacklisted from every major vaude house in the country. Though Pete's kids Jimmy and Patsy love their dad, they're forced to break away from the act and go off on their own to survive. Eventually, the whole gang is reunited in a shamelessly lachrymose musical finale.
27 May 1933
Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house medical staff, a measles risk sends the whole building into quarantine, and a madcap millionaire crashes dinner in his autogyro. Hotel and radioscope become a stage for an all-star cast of comedians and musicians, from vaudeville to the new generation.
25 Aug 1939
This is a film about the life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and producer.
21 Jul 1929
Harry Fox performs his vaudeville act.
24 Dec 1996
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. Nat also takes on his daughter, a drug dealer, and a mugger in this appealing version of a really 'odd couple'.
01 Oct 1929
The mortgage of an elderly couple is about to be foreclosed, but their daughter vows to get a job in the big city, where her virtue is preserved through the efforts of the handsome hero.
05 May 1940
Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, along with their chum Axel Swensen, head to New York to look for the girl's uncle. The trio soon unexpectedly become owners of a tired restaurant.
02 Mar 1902
A woman shows off her trained dogs.
30 Apr 1894
The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.
11 May 1935
A New york producer sends a spy to a nightclub to report back on the musical acts.
15 May 1930
Ben Bernie and his orchestra play a few songs for a vitaphone recording.
20 Apr 1928
The scene is a parlor out West, with Ray Mayer sitting at the piano in is cowboy duds - hat, scarf, and chaps. He plays a little barrel-house music and then introduces Edith Evans, who enters wearing fur. She sings - her voice a light-opera soprano - while Mayer plays.
30 Aug 1940
Olive rushes over to show Popeye the headline: Vaudeville is coming back. They agree to rehearse their old act. After a brief song-and-dance intro, the act begins: Popeye demonstrating his strength while Olive displays her flexibility and balance; impersonations of Jimmy Durante, Stan Laurel and Groucho Marx; and the last act, more feats of strength and agility.
31 Aug 1897
A vaudeville routine: two denizens of the Bowery dance while under the influence. She's wearing a light dress with a full skirt. He wears a white sport coat and tie. Both have hats. On a small stage, she approaches him gingerly, leaning forward. He grabs her close, she leans into him, and he waltzes her around.
17 Oct 1928
Comedian Chaz Chase performs his vaudeville act.
11 Mar 1929
Comedian Pat West performs his vaudeville act.
30 Jun 1928
Val and Ernie Stanton make their second appearance in a Vitaphone short. This time out the two basically stand in the same spot as they re-create their vaudeville act, which includes a few songs as well as a couple comedy routines.
01 Jan 1900
Vaudeville comedians Foottit and Chocolat hop and dance around and occasionally fight.
20 Aug 1924
An "Out of the Inkwell" cartoon featuring Ko-Ko the Clown.