Reposted from 2010. Julius Tannen was the premier vaudeville monologist — what we today call a stand up comedian. He started out in 1901, and by the 20s was one of the top headliners at the Palace, and the star of Broadway reviews like Earl Carrol’s Vanities and George White’s Scandals. In later years, he was a familiar Hollywood character […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:24AM on May 16, 2013