Today is the birthday of blues singer Edith Wilson (for more on her and her background in the black vaudeville circuits go here). Here she is laying down the “Rules and Regulations of Razor Jim” (1922): To find out more about the variety arts past and present, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:05AM on September 2, 2012