This poor fellow is doing a splendid job when a cell phone goes off in the audience. Look how he handles it.
I’ve been to many a performance where the performer will glare out to the audience at the merest cough or paper rustle. – And actually, I support that… Sorry, but if If I’ve paid for a ticket I don’t want to spend the entire concert listening to someone unwrapping his chewing gum.
Question by LordSeraph: What is the title of this old movie that has vaudeville in it?
This is an old movie, shown frequently in Turner Classic Movies (TCM) channel. I forgot it’s title though. The movie features a character named Stanley who was from the dying industry of vaudeville. The setting is somewhat in a Hawaiian location, and involves romance between a soldier and a movie star. A part of the plot is that the soldier abducts her via plane into an island. In this island, the real life actress accidentally sprains her ankle while shooting a scene wherein her in-movie counterpart fell into a hole.
Best answer:
Answer by HoneyBunny
Could it be “On an Island with You” (1948)?
Esther Williams sprained her ankle during the shoot. Williams also blamed [the director] for an on-set injury. For a scene in which she falls into a hole hidden by jungle foliage, the crew forgot to put padding at the spot where she was to land. As a result, she sprained her ankle and had to finish the movie on crutches. In her memoirs, she asserts that it was his responsibility to check to make sure the stunt, which looked great on the first take, was safe.
The basic plot:
While shooting on location in the South Pacific, a movie star is pursued by a handsome Naval officer who is convinced she is the girl for him.
I always like scanning through Yahoo questions to see what people are asking (and answering) – Here’s a Vaudeville related question I stumbled on:
Here is a Question by Missy: She is doing a project on the Vaudeville theater and wants to know: “What types of dances happened at the Vaudeville Theater?” What she is after is what types of dances were danced at the Vaudeville theater.
Here was what was judged the best answer: Best answer:
Answer by A Yahoo! user
jazz
tap
burlesque acts…
Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!
Question by 46 x 16 !!!: why do you see so many cute indie girls playing musical saw?
Everywhere you go there are so many cute indie girls playing musical saw outside of hip cafe’s, busking in front of public markets, and haunting my dreams with sweet serenades. Why do all cute indie girls play musical saw?
Best answer:
Answer by ??????
they don’t. many of them play ukulele, concertina, theramin, or some other unconventional instrument for western music.
As I pointed out in an earlier post, the Musical Saw was a favorite for performances. Although this clip of a pre- WWII vaudeville act is humorous, there is no musical saw music here.
Natalia (Saw Lady) Paruz hosts the annual Musical Saw festival (East Coast). Here is the finale of the festival – a chorus of 53 Musical Saws. A world record!
www.SawLady.com Guinness World Record for the ‘Largest Musical saw ensemble’ held July 18th, 2009 at the 7th annual NYC Musical Saw Festival. 53 musical saw players playing ‘Ave Maria’ Organist: Judy Dimino, conductor: James Bassi. Info: www.MusicalSawFestival.org
Musical Saws and Vaudeville have always been intertwined. A favorite Musical Instrument of the Vaudeville performances was the Musical Saw.
Here is a fun clip of a Vaudeville performance.
