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Dan Mason : from Vaudeville to Broadway to the silent screen / Joseph P. Eckhardt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eckhardt, Joseph P., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Actors--United States--Biography.
- Actors.
- Theater--United States--History--19th century.
- Theater.
- Theater--United States--History--20th century.
- Vaudeville--United States--History.
- Vaudeville.
- Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures.
- Mason, Dan, 1853-1929.
- Mason, Dan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (204 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
- Summary:
- "In a career that spanned 57 years, Dan Mason (1853-1929) went from performing German dialect routines in variety halls to appearing in Broadway musicals to playing character roles in silent films. Along the way he also wrote, produced, directed and starred in his own plays. Best remembered for his role as the irascible "Skipper" in the Toonerville Trolley silent comedies, Mason created dozens of unique and colorful characters on stage and screen. This first-ever biography of the American comedian explores the roots of his craft and the challenges he faced navigating the rapidly changing world of popular entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Dutch boy from Syracuse
- The trouper
- The traveling family man
- The two Dans
- Broadway
- The pictures
- The Toonerville Trolley
- Plum center
- Hollywood
- "Characters, comic or otherwise"
- The idle list.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-4181-1
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