Vaudeville
Documentary
Vaudeville is a 1997 PBS documentary under its American Masters program. Using film clips and photos, the art and history of vaudeville (1890-1930s) is illustrated.
1997-11-27
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Cast
Ben Vereen as Narrator
Bud Abbott as Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
George Abbott as Self
Larry Adler as Self
Gracie Allen as Self (archive footage)
Morey Amsterdam as Self
Fred Astaire as Self (archive footage)
Carl Ballantine as Self
Ethel Barrymore as Self (archive footage)
Billy Barty as Self
Jack Benny as Self (archive footage)
Milton Berle as Self
Eubie Blake as Self (archive footage)
Ray Bolger as Self (archive footage)
Fanny Brice as Self (archive footage)
Joseph Buloff as Self (archive footage)
George Burns as Self (archive footage)
James Cagney as Self (archive footage)
Bob Callahan as Self (archive footage)
Eddie Cantor as Self (archive footage)
Iron Eyes Cody as Self
Lou Costello as Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
Charles Dale as Self (archive footage) (as Smith & Dale)
Rosetta Duncan as Self (archive footage)
Vivian Duncan as Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Durante as Self (archive footage)
Cliff Edwards as Self (archive footage)
Julian Eltinge as Self (archive footage)
Ruth Etting as Self (archive footage)
Frank Fay as Self (archive footage)
Joey Faye as Self
Benny Fields as Self (archive footage)
Lew Fields as Self (archive footage)
W.C. Fields as Self (archive footage)
Henry Ford as Self (archive footage)
Trixie Friganza as Self (archive footage)
Joe Frisco as Self (archive footage)
Leo Fuchs as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland as Self (archive footage)
Morton Gould as Self
June Havoc as Self
Al Hirschfeld as Self
Bob Hope as Self (archive footage)
Bill Irwin as Self
Chic Johnson as Self (archive footage) (as Johnson & Olson)
Al Jolson as Self (archive footage)
Fuzzy Knight as Self (archive footage)