No Applause--Just Throw Money The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous

Name: No Applause--Just Throw Money The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous
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ISBN: 9780865479586

ISBN-10: 0865479585

ISBN-13: 9780865479586

Edition: 2007

Authors: Trav S.D.

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A seriously funny look at the roots of American Entertainment When Groucho Marx and Charlie Chaplin were born, variety entertainment had been going on for decades in America, and like Harry Houdini, Milton Berle, Mae West, and countless others, these performers got their start on the vaudeville stage. From 1881 to 1932, vaudeville was at the heart of show business in the States. Its stars were America's first stars in the modern sense, and it utterly dominated American popular culture. Writer and modern-day vaudevillian Trav S.D. chronicles vaudeville's far-reaching impact in No Applause--Just Throw Money. He explores the many ways in which vaudeville's story is the story of show business…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 10/31/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English