F F Proctor

Author : William Moulton Marston
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781473340930

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F. F. Proctor - Vaudeville Pioneer by William Moulton Marston Pdf

This vintage book contains William Marston's 1943 biography of Frederick Freeman Proctor, the famous variety entertainer of early twentieth century. Proctor was a vaudeville impresario who invented the method of continuous vaudeville. This fascinating and detailed biography is highly recommended for those with an interest in the life of this secretive theatrical legend. Contents include: "Top Billing", "Program Note", "An Acknowledgement to a Host of Contributions", "A Letter from Mr. George M. Cohan", "Enter: Freddie Proctor", "The Great Levantine", "King of the Vaudeville", "Building the Big Time", "Double Harness", "A Sterling Helpmate" "Ring Down the Curtain", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with its original artwork and text.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1282 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Corporations
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117777024

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Trow (formerly Wilson's) Copartnership and Corporation Directory of the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, City of New York by Anonim Pdf

Author : Frank Cullen,Florence Hackman,Donald McNeilly
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 1362 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Entertainers
ISBN : 9780415938532

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Vaudeville old & new by Frank Cullen,Florence Hackman,Donald McNeilly Pdf

Author : Gretchen Sullivan Sorin,Lynne A. Sessions
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442230095

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Case Studies in Cultural Entrepreneurship by Gretchen Sullivan Sorin,Lynne A. Sessions Pdf

This book of five case studies demonstrates the critical role entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial thinking play in reinventing cultural organizations to make them relevant and sustainable for the twenty-first century and beyond. Through the twin lenses of cultural entrepreneurship and organizational change, these readable and inspirational cases offer an in-depth analysis of how a variety of cultural organizations—small and large; local, regional and national; museums and arts organizations—have found opportunities in complex situations to create new identities and missions and, in doing so, have revitalized their organizations and in many cases, surrounding communities. Cases include: The Strong: how a museum in Rochester, New York, forged an entirely new national identity as The National Museum of Play. National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium: how the Mississippi River Museum developed and nurtured a network of partnerships to create a new regional identity and, in doing so, revitalized the waterfront area of Dubuque, Iowa. Montreal Center for History: using oral history and community collaborations to dramatically build its audiences throughout the city. Proctors: how an arts organization revitalized downtown Schenectady, New York Weeksville: how an institution in one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York City found a niche that provided vital services to its constituency.

Author : David Monod
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469660561

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Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment, 1890–1925 by David Monod Pdf

Today, vaudeville is imagined as a parade of slapstick comedians, blackface shouters, coyly revealed knees, and second-rate acrobats. But vaudeville was also America's most popular commercial amusement from the mid-1890s to the First World War; at its peak, 5 million Americans attended vaudeville shows every week. Telling the story of this pioneering art form's rise and decline, David Monod looks through the apparent carnival of vaudeville performance and asks: what made the theater so popular and transformative? Although he acknowledges its quirkiness, Monod makes the case that vaudeville became so popular because it offered audiences a guide to a modern urban lifestyle. Vaudeville acts celebrated sharp city styles and denigrated old-fashioned habits, showcased new music and dance moves, and promulgated a deeply influential vernacular modernism. The variety show's off-the-rack trendiness perfectly suited an era when goods and services were becoming more affordable and the mass market promised to democratize style, offering a clear vision of how the quintessential twentieth-century citizen should look, talk, move, feel, and act.

Author : John A. Miller
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781467137461

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Historic Theaters of New York's Capital District by John A. Miller Pdf

Experience the architecture and colorful history of the Historic Theaters of New York's Capital District as author John A. Miller charts the entertaining history. For generations, residents of New York's Capital District have flocked to the region's numerous theaters. The history behind the venues is often more compelling than the shows presented in them. John Wilkes Booth brushed with death on stage while he and Abraham Lincoln were visiting Albany. The first exhibition of broadcast television was shown at Proctor's Theater in Schenectady, although the invention ironically contributed to the downfall of theaters across the nation. A fired manager of the Green Street Theatre seized control of the theater with a group of armed men, but Albany police stormed the building and the former manager regained control.

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1466 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Incunabula
ISBN : UOM:39015070989242

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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433088045038

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New York Star by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nicholas Gebhardt
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780226448725

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Vaudeville Melodies by Nicholas Gebhardt Pdf

If you enjoy popular music and culture today, you have vaudeville to thank. From the 1870s until the 1920s, vaudeville was the dominant context for popular entertainment in the United States, laying the groundwork for the music industry we know today. In Vaudeville Melodies, Nicholas Gebhardt introduces us to the performers, managers, and audiences who turned disjointed variety show acts into a phenomenally successful business. First introduced in the late nineteenth century, by 1915 vaudeville was being performed across the globe, incorporating thousands of performers from every branch of show business. Its astronomical success relied on a huge network of theatres, each part of a circuit and administered from centralized booking offices. Gebhardt shows us how vaudeville transformed relationships among performers, managers, and audiences, and argues that these changes affected popular music culture in ways we are still seeing today. Drawing on firsthand accounts, Gebhardt explores the practices by which vaudeville performers came to understand what it meant to entertain an audience, the conditions in which they worked, the institutions they relied upon, and the values they imagined were essential to their success.

Author : Richard Irving Dodge,Will Rogers
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806132671

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The Indian Territory Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge by Richard Irving Dodge,Will Rogers Pdf

"These journals also provide insight into Dodge's character, with reports of his official duties as a military man and of several landmark events in his family life. Extensive commentaries and notes by Wayne R. Kime provide further detail, including a history of Cantonment North Fork Canadian River, a six-company post Dodge established and commanded in the region."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Susan Rosenthal
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0738503398

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Schenectady by Susan Rosenthal Pdf

Midway between New York City and Montreal lies Schenectady, an area that first developed as an outpost to the fur trade and for agriculture. Schenectady's future growth was assured by its location on two major water routes, the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal. Schenectady survived the massacre of 1690 and was chartered as a city in 1798, becoming only the third city in the state. At the time of the charter, Schenectady was 12 miles long by 18 miles wide. The city saw astounding growth during the industrial age which brought not only a flood of new enterprises and commerce but also elegant homes, cobblestone streets, gaslights, and trolley cars. Schenectady also contributed to the development of the nation: the Monitor's turret, M7 tanks, and World War II radio and radar equipment were produced here.

Author : William K. Hartmann,Odell Raper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112104122244

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The New Mars by William K. Hartmann,Odell Raper Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UFL:31262082085324

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Bibliography of Agriculture by Anonim Pdf

Author : Maren Heidemann
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1099 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031284977

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The Transformation of Private Law – Principles of Contract and Tort as European and International Law by Maren Heidemann Pdf

Author : Ernst Philip Goldschmidt
Publisher : Biblo & Tannen Publishers
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0819602264

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Medieval Texts and Their First Appearance in Print by Ernst Philip Goldschmidt Pdf