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Actor: Ben Vereen, Carl Ballantine, Ethel Barrymore, Gracie Allen, Morey AmsterdamEditor: Drew Keller
Editor: Greg Day
Producer: Martha Reynolds
Producer: Rosemary Garner
Producer: Shannon Gee
Writer: Greg Palmer
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-01-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Winstar
Movie Reviews of Vaudeville
Movie Review: Talky But Terrific
Summary: 5 Stars
While I concur with other reviewers who wish this had a bit less talking and a lot more of the acts, the documentary is nonetheless excellent. A lot of those interviewed are old timers no longer with us, and many of their memories and observations are priceless. I think the most praise I can give this doesn't come from me, but my students: I had planned to show about ten minutes of this to my class on the history of musical theater; but the students got so into the documentary that we watched over 40 minutes of it. (They were especially taken by the regurgitators.)
Highly recommended.
Summary of Vaudeville
A priceless document of archival footage and precious oral history, Vaudeville offers a comprehensive survey of American family entertainment in the decades before radio, movies, and television. From its origins in British comedy, Yiddish theater, and burlesque, vaudeville is explored in all of its immigrant diversity. Astonishing film clips are a constant marvel, featuring such vintage but still-entertaining crowd-pleasers as Fannie Brice, Bert Lahr, Chaz Chase ("Eater of Strange Things"), Little Tich and his oversized shoes, and Hadji Ali, the greatest of all "regurgitators." Anecdotes and history, with a focus on the inherent racism of minstrel shows, are shared by such luminaries as Rose Marie, Billy Barty, Gerald Marks, Bobby Short, the Nicholas Brothers, and many others (several interviewed shortly before they died). Their stories, along with Studs Terkel's fond reminiscence and Ben Vereen's informative narration, preserve a form of entertainment that has vanished forever, its spirit lingering in our habitual channel-surfing of television. --Jeff ShannonDocumentary DVD Video
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