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Allan Sutton

THE AMERICAN STAGE PERFORMERS DISCOGRAPHY:
Actors, Vaudevillians, and Musical Comedy Stars

Volume I (1891–1932)


75.00 (US & Canada)

95.00 (Elsewhere)

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The only detailed bio-discography of American actors, vaudevillians, and musical comedy stars, covering the careers and recordings of more than 460 performers.

Volume I (1891–1932) draws on original recording files, trade-press and newspaper articles, and other primary-source documents to provide the most comprehensive bio-discography of early stage stars to date. Features include:

  • Listings of all known 78s and cylinders (including private issues, tests, and unissued masters); radio transcriptions; and synchronized soundtrack discs
  • Full discographic information, including recording dates and locations, matrix and take numbers, catalog numbers, accompanists, and pseudonyms
  • Detailed capsule biographies of all performers, listing show credits with theaters and opening dates; film and radio credits; career histories, and other significant facts
  • Title and show / film indexes

 

7 x 10" cloth hardcover / 448 pages

ISBN 978-09772735-6-0
Library of Congress Control # 2007904707

Detailed bio-discographies for more than 460 pioneering stager performers, including:
Actor’s Equity • Albro, Arthur  •  Aldridge, Arthur  •  Allen, Gracie  •  Allison, Bessie  •  Ash, Sam  •  Astaire, Adele  •  Astaire, Fred  •  Atwell, Roy  •  Avery, Van  •  Avon Comedy Four  •  Ayer, Nat D.  •  Bacon, Frank  •  Baker, Belle  •  Baker, Phil  •  Bankhead, Tullulah  •  Ball, Ernest  •  Barnabee, Henry Clay  •  Barry, Katie  •  Barrymore, Ethel  •  Barrymore, John  •  Bartholomess, Richard  • Barthold, Anna  •  Bayes, Nora  •  Bell, Digby  •  Berlin, Irving • Bernard, Barney  • Bernard, James  •  Bernard, Lester  •  Bernard, Rhoda  •  Bert, Flo  •  Bingham, Ralph  •  Blackbirds of 1928 Cast  •  Blair, Barbara  •  Bold, Richard  •  Boles, John • Booth, Edwin  •  Bordoni, Irene  • Boulden, Alice  •  Bowers, Frederick V.  •  Brady, Alice  • Brady, Florence  •  Brendel, El  • Brice, Elizabeth  •  Brice, Fanny  •  Briscoe, Olive  • Brockbank, Harrison  •  Brockman, James •  Broderick, George H.  •  Brooks, Shelton  •  Browne, Harry C.  •  Browning, Ivan  •  Brox Sisters  •  Buck & Bubbles  •  Burbeck, Frank  • Burke, Tom  •  Burkhart, Maurice  •  Burns & Allen  •  Burns, George  •  Burnside, R. H.  •  Bush, Frank  •  Butler, Amy  •  Cahill, Marie  •  Cameron, Grace  •  Cantor, Eddie  •  Carroll, Earl  •  Carter, Annie  •  Carus, Emma  •  Case, Charley  •  Catlett, Walter  •  Cawthorn, Joseph •  Chandler, Anna  •  Chapelle, Thomas E.  •  Cheatham, Kitty  •  Cherry, James  •  Chisholm, Robert  •  Clark, Elsie  •  Cody, William A. (Buffalo Bill)  •  Cohan, George M.  •  Connolly, Dolly •  Cook, Joe  •  Cook, Olga  •  Coombs, Frank  •  Cooper, Opal  •  Cowles, Eugene  •  Cox, (Miss) Ray  •  Coyne, Joseph  •  Crafts & Haley  •  Crafts, Charles  •  Cross & Healy  •  Cross, Allan • Crumit, Frank  •  Daniels, Frank • D’arville, Camille  •  Davenport, Edgar  •  Davis, Benny •  Davis, Jesse Bartlett  •  Day, Edith  •  De Manby, Alfred  •  De Rue, Minnie  •  Delaney, Martin  •  Demarest, William  •  Desmond, Mary  •  Dockstader, Lew  •  Dragonette, Jessica  •  Dressler, Marie  • Doreen, William  •  Dowling, Eddie  •  Duffield, Blanche  •  Duncan Sisters  •  Dunsmure, John  • Duprez, Fred  •  Durante, Jimmy  •  Earle, Virginia  •  Edwards, Cliff (Ukulele Ike)  •  Eldridge, Press  •  Ellis, Harry  •  Ellis, Meliville  •  Endor, Chick  •  Etting, Ruth  •  Evans, Edith  • Evans, Greek (Harry)  •  Ewell, Lois  •  Farber, Constance  •  Farber Sisters  •  Farrell, Marguerite  • Farrington, Albert  •  Faulkner, Worthe  •  Favor, Edward M.  •  Fay, Frank •  Fields, Benny  •  Fisher, Irving  • Flack, Nanette  •  Flippen, Jay C.  •  Florodora Cast  •  Ford, “Senator” Edward  •  Fortune Teller Cast  •  Fortune, Thomas  •  Foster, Elene •  Foster, Maude  •  Fox, Harry  •  Francis, Adeline  • Franklin, Irene  •  Frothington, George B.  •  Furman & Nash  •  Gallagher & Shean  •  Galloway, Katherine  •  Gardella, Tess (Aunt Jemima)  •  Gilpin, Charles  •  Gilson, Lottie  •  Goldberg, Rube  •  Goodwin, Virginia Powell  •  Gray, Alexander  •  Green & Floyd  •  Green, Cora  • Green, Eddie  •  Green, Jane  •  Greene, 'Gene  •  Greenwood, Charlotte  •  Groody, Louise  • Gunning, Louise  •  Hajos, Mizzi  •  Hall, Adelaide  •  Harris, Marion  •  Haley, Jack  •  Halley, William J.  •  Haney, Felix  •  Hardy, Sam B.  •  Harrington, Ham Tree  •  Hart Sisters  •  Hart, William S.  •  Harvey, Morton  •  Haydn, Carl  •  Hayes, Grace •  Healy, Eddie  •  Hearn, Lewis • Herbert, Evelyn  •  Herman, Al  •  Herz, Ralph C.  •  Higgins, Robert  •  Hill, Murry K.  • Hillebrand, Fred  •  Hilliard, Robert  •  Hitchcock, Raymond  •  Holman, Libby  •  Holmes, Taylor •  Holtz, Lou  •  Hopper, De Wolfe   •   Howard, Joseph E.  •  Howard, Willie & Eugene  • Howson, Albert S.  •  Hughes, Revella  •  Hunter, Eddie  •  Irwin, May  •  Janis, Elsie  •  Jason, Sylvia  •  Jefferson, Joseph  •  Johnson, Jack  •  Johnson, J. Rosamund  •  Jolson, Al  •  Jones, Walter  •  Jordan, Jules  •  Jose, Richard J. ... and hundreds more.



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