Description: This is a beautiful program (playbill) from the week of August 31st, 1925 for the vaudeville bill at the historic B.F. KEITH'S PALACE THEATRE in New York City ..... The Palace Theatre, located at 1564 Broadway (at 47th) in midtown-Manhattan opened March 24th, 1913 and until 1929, attained legendary status among vaudeville performers as the flagship of the monopolistic Keith-Albee organization, and the most desired booking in the country. To "Play the Palace" meant that an entertainer had reached the pinnacle of his vaudeville career. Performer Jack Haley wrote: Only a vaudevillian who has trod its stage can really tell you about it ... only a performer can describe the anxieties, the joys, the anticipation, and the exultation of a week's engagement at the Palace. The walk through the iron gate on 47th Street through the courtyard to the stage door, was the cum laude walk to a show business diploma. A feeling of ecstasy came with the knowledge that this was the Palace, the epitome of the more than 15,000 vaudeville theaters in America, and the realization that you have been selected to play it. Of all the thousands upon thousands of vaudeville performers in the business, you are there. This was a dream fulfilled; this was the pinnacle of variety success. (Wikipedia) ..... On the current bill was Miss NORA BAYES "Our Own Nora" The Famous International Singer of Songs; Triumphant Return to Vaudeville of GEORGIE PRICE, America's Popular Juvenile Comedian and Popular Record Star in "What Price Georgie"; GROH and ADONIA "The Piano Hounds"; the TRADO TWINS in "A Delectable Dance Divertissement"; George Choos presents MURIEL KAYE in "DANCELAND" with Mildred Burns, Ched Freeborn, Alice Hayward, Linton Hopps and the Eight Dancing Rockets; "WINDOW WASHERS" Latest of the Aesop's Film Fables, Created by Paul Terry and Produced by Fables Pictures, Inc.; MARGIT HEGEDUS Premiere Violinist; VAL HARRIS and VERA GRIFFIN "An Episode on the Last Day of the Cattle Show in the Town of Emptyville"; GEORGIE PRICE in "Joe's Blue Front" with Jack Trainor, James Hamilton, Bernice Page and Paul Reed and SIM COLLINS and LEW HART assisted by Julien Brack in "Red and Blue" ..... DETAILS: The twenty page program measures 5 1/4" X 7 3/4" inches and includes production credits, list of entertainers, schedule of upcoming attractions and wonderful vintage advertising, but no photos or bios ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light creasing to the back cover and minor edge wear, this rare playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
Price: 31.99 USD
Location: Cannon Beach, Oregon
End Time: 2025-01-08T01:34:00.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Industry: Theater
Product: Playbills / Programs
Genre: Vaudeville
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Original / Reproduction: Original - U.S.
Date: 1920 - 1929
