Movies: Vaudeville act

Long Tack Sam was an internationally renowned Chinese acrobat and magician. He overcame isolation, poverty, cultural and linguistic barriers, extreme racism and world wars to become one of the most successful vaudeville acts of his time. His showmans...

Vaudeville comedians Foottit and Chocolat hop and dance around and occasionally fight....

A woman shows off her trained dogs....

Vaudeville act performed by husband and wife team Russ Brown and Jean Whitaker....

Vaudeville team Shaw & Lee sing songs and tell jokes in hilarious deadpan....

Jack Waldron performs his stand-up vaudeville act....

In this Vitaphone Broadway Brevity musical short, Hal and Dawn work at the same vaudeville theater, where he's an usher, she's a chorus girl. When they both get fired, they form an act and vow to get back to their old theater, as performers....

Olive rushes over to show Popeye the headline: Vaudeville is coming back. They agree to rehearse their old act. After a brief song-and-dance intro, the act begins: Popeye demonstrating his strength while Olive displays her flexibility and balance; im...

Comedian Chaz Chase performs his vaudeville act....

Two men box in a comedic manner, with the film opening as one man in a cap punches the other and then ducks behind him....

The champion lady boxers of the world. Shows two female pugilists who are really clever. They engage in a hot one-round sparring bout. A park, with marble entrance and walk, and beautiful trees and shrubbery, make a very pleasing background. The exhi...

A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring one dog jumping through hoops and another dancing in a costume, which was considered lost until footage from an 1896 Fairground Programme was identified as being from this film....

Opens on a closeup of a baboon "playing" a violin, then cuts to a medium shot of the same. The baboon wears a white short-sleeved shirt with a loose bow tie and tweed pants. Cuts to a closeup of the baboon in a circular mask or iris effect, without t...

Buenos Aires, 1994. Memé Tizou is a famous vedette whose name shines brightly on the marquee of Corrientes Avenue, at least until the show’s producer, Armando, announces the decision to hire a younger woman. This decision leaves Memé confronted with...

The comedy team of Jack Born and Elmer Lawrence perform their vaudeville act....

Ben Bernie and his orchestra play a few songs for a vitaphone recording....