Eva Tanguay, “The I Don’t Care Girl” "The I Don’t Care Girl" Eva Tanguay, "shimmy" dancer Gilda Gray, female impersonators Bert Savoy and Jay Brennan, male impersonator Kitty Doner, "freak" acts. Was vaudeville considered something "obscene" or "indecent" — or was bourgeois society receptive to such shows? [See previous post: Vaudeville History pt.2: Male Impersonator Kitty Doner.] To a large extent, vaudevillians got away with whatever they could get away with. How risque one might be depended upon the vaudeville house and its owner. E.F. Albee (grandfather of Edward Albee) ran the largest vaudeville circuit (the B.F. Keith and later Keith-Albee circuit) and he [...]...
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- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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