Today is the birthday of Harry Rose, the Broadway Jester (for a full bio go here). You can see his vaudeville hosting skills in this Fox Movietone, along with the notorious song “Frankfurter Sandwiches”: To find out more about the history of vaudeville, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:17AM on December 2, 2011