On Wed, 14 Sep 1994 14:21:07 +1000 Ina Bertrand said:
>I have a student working on a thesis about the interface between film and
>vaudeville in Australia in the twenties and thirties. She is seeking
>information about the programmes, the people on the `small vaudeville'
>circuits, the cinemas in which they performed. We would like to contact
>anyone else working in a similar field, not only in Australia. Also, any
>suggestions for sources would be appreciated. Thankyou.
>
>Ina Bertrand
 
Robert C. Allen: Vaudeville and Film 1895-1915: A Study in Film Interaction
(Ph.D. dissertation, University of Iowa, 1977) is obviously outside the
time and locale range queried yet might be useful.  It is available from
Xerox University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106, USA as either
microfilm or hardcopy.
 
In the United States vaudeville was moribund by the 'twenties and 'thirties
although some movie theaters had brief vaudeville olios, lasting about a
half hour or so, as "overtures" to the main attraction -- a feature film.
 
Such presentations were largely in entertainment district first run
theaters.  Other theaters ran double features using other promotions,
such as dish giveaways, to get people into the theater during the
'twenties and 'thirties.
 
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