Today is the birthday of Henry E. Dixey (1859-1943) star of melodrama, musical comedy and vaudeville. A Boston native, he started out at the age of ten in the role of the boy “Peanuts” in Under the Gaslight. His most famous part was the title role in the burlesque Adonis which he played constantly from [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:06AM on January 6, 2013