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.
Cast
June Havoc
Self
Fred Astaire
Self (archive footage)
Billy Barty
Self
Ray Bolger
Self (archive footage)
Ruth Etting
Self (archive footage)
George Abbott
Self
Trixie Friganza
Self (archive footage)
Al Hirschfeld
Self
Bob Hope
Self (archive footage)
George Burns
Self (archive footage)
Charles Dale
Self (archive footage) (as Smith & Dale)
Jimmy Durante
Self (archive footage)
Chic Johnson
Self (archive footage) (as Johnson & Olson)
Morton Gould
Self
Morey Amsterdam
Self
Fanny Brice
Self (archive footage)
James Cagney
Self (archive footage)
Eddie Cantor
Self (archive footage)
Vivian Duncan
Self (archive footage)
Julian Eltinge
Self (archive footage)
Frank Fay
Self (archive footage)
Joe Frisco
Self (archive footage)
Fuzzy Knight
Self (archive footage)
Rosetta Duncan
Self (archive footage)
Lew Fields
Self (archive footage)
Carl Ballantine
Self
Henry Ford
Self (archive footage)
Al Jolson
Self (archive footage)
Gracie Allen
Self (archive footage)
Bud Abbott
Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
Ethel Barrymore
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Buloff
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland
Self (archive footage)
Bill Irwin
Self
Eubie Blake
Self (archive footage)
Jack Benny
Self (archive footage)
Lou Costello
Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
Cliff Edwards
Self (archive footage)
Larry Adler
Self
Iron Eyes Cody
Self
Benny Fields
Self (archive footage)
Ben Vereen
Narrator
Milton Berle
Self
Joey Faye
Self
Bob Callahan
Self (archive footage)
W.C. Fields
Self (archive footage)
Leo Fuchs
Self (archive footage)