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Hattie McDaniel: The First Black Oscar Winner
This video tells the story of Hattie McDaniel, the first Black person to win an Academy Award for her role in Gone With the Wind. Learn about her groundbreaking achievements, the criticism she faced, and the barriers she helped to break...
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Josephine Baker: Actor, Singer, Spy
Actor and singer Josephine Baker spent her life resisting racial discrimination at home and abroad. During World War II, she bravely used her fame to fight back against the Nazis.
The March of Time
1920s: VAUDEVILLE: VS CU Entertainers names listing on flyer page of Palace Theatre: Eddie Leonard, Julius Tannen, Gus Edward, Mel Klee, Imperial Russian entertainers, Joe E. Brown & Co, Van & Schenck, (Alla) Nazimova, Ed Healy & Allan Cross.
MOT 1920s: VAUDEVILLE: VS CU Entertainers names listing on flyer page of Palace Theatre: Eddie Leonard, Julius Tannen, Gus Edward, Mel Klee, Imperial Russian entertainers, Joe E. Brown & Co, Van & Schenck, (Alla) Nazimova, Ed Healy &...
The March of Time
1920s: VAUDEVILLE: Flyer page from Palace Theatre w/ dates & performers. ACTS: WS Male & female walking onto stage, MS both standing in front of orchestra pit at footlights. Two tap dancing men (one seated). VS Male performing w/ large rings.
MOT 1920s: VAUDEVILLE: Flyer page from Palace Theatre w/ dates & performers. ACTS: WS Male & female walking onto stage, MS both standing in front of orchestra pit at footlights. Two tap dancing men (one seated). VS Male performing w/...
Weird History
The Mysterious Life of Harry Houdini
Some of the most awesome Harry Houdini facts center on his search for truth in everything he did. Harry Houdini was not a guy to half-ass things. If he was going to chase down so-called mystics and expose them as frauds, he canceled...
Curated Video
Musical Theatre: From Athens to Broadway
Musical Theater originated in Ancient Greece, but in the late 19th century the artform took America by storm.
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Gilded Age - The Victorians
Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America: The Gilded Age uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Sophie Tucker's Golden Jubilee celebration in New York benefits charities which help theatrical performers
Title "Sophie Tucker Honored - 50 years in Show Business" superimposed on Tucker standing with theatre owner Harry Brandt with a sculpted bust of her between them / A large heart with a painting of Tucker in the middle, "Sophie Tucker,...
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Lita Grey Chaplin makes appeal for benefit at the Palace Theater
Lita Grey (wife of Charlie Chaplin) stands at left with four women wearing berets next to her under the flashing lights of the Palace Theater marquee ("F B Keith's Palace, Benny Meroff and Orch, Burns and Allen, Janet Reade, Serge Flash,...
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Sword and apple vaudeville act
Title card, "Swordsman Cuts Eve's Apple" / A woman is seated by a man in a futuristic costume, he lays her head back; his partner, holding a sword, is throwing an apple up and down and then hands the items to his partner; he throws the...
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Elephant trio "plays" music
Title card: "Elephant Trio Wows Berlin - To Tommy Dorsey's 'Boogie Woogie'" / trainer puts peanut into elephants mouth / VS he points at large keys on piano and elephant hits them with its trunk / VS elephant steps on pedal to swing drum...
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WWII: Germany surrenders, blackout lifted
/ Illumination returns to the Capital Building in Washington DC / street lights turning on all over America as Germany surrenders / huge crowds cheering in nighttime streets.
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The John Tiller Girls by courtesy of Jack Hylton, London, UK, 1950
The John Tiller Girls by courtesy of Jack Hylton, London, UK, 1950
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The John Tiller Girls by courtesy of Jack Hylton, London, UK, 1950
The John Tiller Girls by courtesy of Jack Hylton, London, UK, 1950
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Matt & Kim Interview (clip 10)
Matt & Kim on cities, Brooklyn, New York, live performance, albums, Music Hall of Williamsburg, audience members, family and Vermont. Produced by Uncensored Interview / ZenCat Productions. Matt & Kim Interview (clip 10) on January 25,...
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Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall on February 04, 2012 in New York, New York (Footage by Tribune Broadcasting/Getty Images)
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Vaudeville singer and comedian Harry Lauder and bagpipe band arrive in San Francisco via ship
Title card: 'Harry Lauder Makes A Talkie, San Francisco, Cal. - Comedian arrives and gives a snappy Scotch interview' / Lauder standing on deck of ship in front of bagpipe band members, all wearing traditional highland dress, two cameras...
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'Sugar Town' Premiere
Jade Gordon at the 'Sugar Town' Premiere at Leammle's Music Hall in Los Angeles, California on September 16, 1999. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
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'Sugar Town' Premiere
John Doe at the 'Sugar Town' Premiere at Leammle's Music Hall in Los Angeles, California on September 16, 1999. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
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'Sugar Town' Premiere
John Taylor at the 'Sugar Town' Premiere at Leammle's Music Hall in Los Angeles, California on September 16, 1999. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
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'Sugar Town' Premiere
Movie Poster at the 'Sugar Town' Premiere at Leammle's Music Hall in Los Angeles, California on September 16, 1999. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
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'Sugar Town' Premiere
David Arquette at the 'Sugar Town' Premiere at Leammle's Music Hall in Los Angeles, California on September 16, 1999. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
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'Sugar Town' Premiere
Kurt Voss at the 'Sugar Town' Premiere at Leammle's Music Hall in Los Angeles, California on September 16, 1999. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)