Apus(1903-1971)
- Actor
Montrose Morse, or "Apus Brooks" was a vaudeville veteran, having
started at the age of sixteen when he was pressed into service as a
comedian when a comedy act at the Miami theater he was working at lost
one of its members. Apus, either with his wife, Estrellita,in a comedy
dance routine, or with his longtime comedic partner Sandy "Ashes"
Burns, was a standard on the TOBA (Theatre Owners Booking Association)
circuit for almost fifty years. During World War II, Apus and
Estrellita toured army camps in Europe and the Pacific for the USO.