Today is the birthday of William Ellsworth Robinson, a.k.a Chung Ling Soo. To read about his life and his rivalry with Ching Ling Foo, go here. And here’s a swell little mini-doc about his mysterious death, narrated by the great Boris Karloff: To find out more about the history of vaudeville, consult No Applause, Just Throw [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:31AM on April 2, 2012