Today is the birthday of Ann Pennington (full bio here) Here’s a clip of her dancing from 1929: To find out more about the history of vaudeville, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever nutty books are sold.
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:01AM on December 23, 2011