Loney Haskell (1870-1933) made his greatest fame as a big time monologist and master of ceremonies at Hammerstein’s Victoria. His given name was Lorne Levy; Loney is a corruption of his first name. In the mid 1890s he got his start with Hurtig and Seaman’s Burlesque Company; an 1897 film exists called “Facial Expressions”, the [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:36PM on January 2, 2013