My life in vaudeville : the autobiography of Ed Lowry /
An entertaining record of a life and a time Ed Lowry joined the vaudeville circuit in 1910 at the age of fourteen. He never achieved stardom equal to the likes of Fred Allen, Jack Benny, George Burns, Buster Keaton, or Eddie Cantor, and he never considered himself an "artiste." Instead, he...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- An old-timer's lament
- Johnny newcomer
- All in one pocket
- Home again and broke again
- No excuses in show biz
- Have a cigar!
- Good-bye, meal ticket
- The Palace-at last!
- Next to closing
- This is Broadway
- The king and I and pâté de foie gras
- Cheerio, London-hello St. Louis
- Two strikes-walked again
- Whereas
- The St. Louis boos
- Farewell to Mr. St. Louis
- Permanent address- Beverly Hills
- Back east for another try
- Vaudeville returns via the G.I. circuit
- New horse-same jockey.
