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National Vaudeville Artists 1925 9th Annual Benefit Yearbook NVA New York

$ 95.01

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Industry: Theatre
  • Condition: Bumped corners, spine cover is detached from side but the book is intact, beautifully illustrated, unpaginated
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    National Vaudeville Artists May 3, 1925 9th Annual Benefit Yearbook.
    Encyclopedia of vaudeville personalities.  Pages are not numbered.  Includes full-page plates printed in gold with linen finishes and many black and white photographs.
    Bumped corners, spine cover is detached from side but the book is intact, beautifully illustrated, unpaginated
    This was a year full of celebrations with more than 1,400 theatres enlisted in special gala performances.
    Includes the program in the center in pink pages highlighting artists - Adelaide and Hughes, Avon Comedy Four, Fred and Adele Astaire, Lionel Atwill, Arleys, Nora Bayes, Irving Berlin, Fannie Brice, Brock Sisters, Belle Baker, Jack Benny, Mr and Mrs. Cleveland Bronner, Ben Bernie and Band, Brennan and Rogers.
    Contains advertisements, who's who in the days of vaudeville.  The benefit was held in New York.  The front cover has art image of manager and artist hands shaking the NVA logo.  Back cover has advertisement for Chevrolet.   Includes art by cartoonists Milt Gross, Herschfield, Ken Kling, and others. Includes art of Singer's Midgets who later appeared in the Wizard of Oz, movie comedian Larry Semon in "The Wizard of Oz" with photo of him as Scarecrow, Burt Lahr who later played the Cowardly Lion of Oz, Sophie Tucker, New York Giants baseball team photo, Pert Kelton, Rube Goldberg cartoon, Ted Lewis photo, Houdini, and Bill Robinson photo.