AMERICAN VARIETY STAGE, THE : vol. 1
VAUDEVILLE AND POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT
Get a thorough introduction to what passed for comedy in the late 1800's to Early 1900's. The bizarre, the freaky and the strange.
(public domain films) 1870 - 1920 55 min BW (SILENT) |
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| keywords: entertainment, vaudeville, variety stage, animal acts, comedy act, comedy acts, dance acts, dancing |
AMERICAN VARIETY STAGE, THE: vol. 2
VAUDEVILLE AND POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT
Too much to put in just one volume! The bizarre, the freaky and the strange, all here for your viewing pleasure. Viva la volume two!
(public domain films) 1870 - 1920 45 min BW (SILENT) |
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| keywords: entertainment, vaudeville, variety stage, comedy acts, body posing, acrobatics, acrobat, acrobats |
HOLLYWOOD EXTRA GIRL
CECIL B. DEMILLE, ANN SHERIDAN, SUZANNE EMERY
Semi-documentary of Suzanne Emory, a typical "extra girl" working on a Cecil B. DeMille film and struggling to make it in Hollywood.
(public domain films) 1935 10 min BW |
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| keywords: cecil b. demille, ann sheridan, suzanne emery, hollywood, motion picture, movie star, celebrity, celebrities, famous |
HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE - VOLUME 1
Features Hollywood celebrities- Frederic March, Mitzi Green, Jack Oakie, Ginger Rogers, Eddie Peabody, Jack Duffy.
(public domain films) 1932 - 1933 BW 9 min |
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| keywords: hollywood, paramount studio, movie star, movie stars, actor, actors, actress, actresses, starlet, starlets |
HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE - VOLUME 2
Features Hollywood celebrities- With Stuart Erwin, Bing Crosby, Burns and Allen, Olsen and Johnson, Gary Cooper.
(public domain films) 1932 - 1933 BW 8 min |
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| keywords: hollywood, paramount studio, movie star, movie stars, actor, actors, actress, actresses, starlet, starlets |
HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE - VOLUME 3
Features Hollywood celebrities- Wheeler & Woolsey, Roscoe Ates, Anna Mae Wong, Eddie Cane, Jackie Cooper, Tom Mix, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Helen Kane, Billie Dove, Jimmy Durante.
(public domain films) 1932 - 1933 BW 10 min |
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| keywords: hollywood, paramount studio, movie star, movie stars, actor, actors, actress, actresses, starlet, starlets |
HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE - VOLUME 4
Features Hollywood celebrities- Eddie Borden, Richard Arlen, Tom Mix and Tony and others.
(public domain films) 1932 - 1933 BW 7 min |
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| keywords: hollywood, paramount studio, movie star, movie stars, actor, actors, actress, actresses, starlet, starlets |
HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE - VOLUME 5
Features Hollywood celebrities- Mickey Daniels, Roland Young, Ken Maynard, Jeannette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier sings.
(public domain films) 1932 - 1933 BW 8 min |
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| keywords: hollywood, paramount studio, movie star, movie stars, actor, actors, actress, actresses, starlet, starlets |
HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE - VOLUME 6
Features Hollywood celebrities- Richard Arlen, Frances Dee, Buster Keaton, Lew Cody, Clark Gable, Talulah Bankhead.
(public domain films) 1932 - 1933 BW 9 min |
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| keywords: hollywood, paramount studio, movie star, movie stars, actor, actors, actress, actresses, starlet, starlets |
HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE - VOLUME 7
Features Hollywood celebrities- Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Harold Lloyd, Harry Langdon, El Brendel, Mary Pickford, Johnny Weismuller, Lupe Velez, Bing Crosby, Viola Dana, Frank Butler, Charles Farrell, Robert Montgomery, Edmund Lowe, Shipwreck Kelley, and Joe E. Brown.
(public domain films) 1932 - 1933 BW 8 min |
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| keywords: hollywood, paramount studio, movie star, movie stars, actor, actors, actress, actresses, starlet, starlets |
HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE - VOLUME 8
Features Hollywood celebrities- Eddie Borden, Rex Bell, Bela Lugosi, Helen Kane (as Betty Boop) singing "My Silent Love".
(public domain films) 1932 - 1933 BW 11 min |
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| keywords: hollywood, paramount studio, movie star, movie stars, actor, actors, actress, actresses, starlet, starlets |
HOLLYWOOD SCAPBOOK
Even back then, film studios knew that a successful formula for grabbing the public's attention was pretty girls and extreme sports.
(public domain films) 1940 10 min BW |
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| keywords: hollywood, film studios, movie star, movie stars, actor, actors, actress, actresses, starlett, starletts, extreme sports |
INVENTING ENTERTAINMENT
EARLY THOMAS EDISON FILMS
Thomas Edison showcasing the very beginning of film. Subjects include a variety of stage acts and period street scenes.
(public domain films) 1897 48 min BW (SILENT) |
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| keywords: thomas edison, early cinematography, early film, entertainment, stage act, stage acts, vaudeville |
RHYTHM AND BLUES REVUE
Filmed at the Apollo Theater and showcases amazing music and comedy from top African American performers of the day.
(public domain films) 1955 72 min BW |
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| keywords: count basie, faye adams, bill bailey, sarah vaughan, nipsey russell, big joe turner, martha davis, nat 'king' cole |
ROCK AND ROLL REVUE
Filmed at the famous Apollo Theater in NYC and features some of the greatest African American performers of all time.
(public domain films) 1955 70 min BW |
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| keywords: nat 'king' cole, martha davis, duke ellington, lionel hampton, willie bryant, big joe turner, dinah washington |
TAKARAZUKA BALLET - JAPANESE FOLK DANCE
Modernized version of the ancient art of Japanese folk dance, illustrating the use of Kimono sleeves (sodo) and fans (sensu).
(public domain films) 18 min COL |
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| keywords: dance, folk dance, ballet, takarazuka ballet, ondo dancing, maiko style |
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