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