Back in 1902 – and despite knowing how painful and unhealthy it was for women – many guys still wanted their wives to have small corseted waists.
Check out some original ‘Wizard of Oz’ cast photos from 1903, and see if you don’t think the characters seem creepy — maybe even a little bit ghoulish.
Legendary beauty Lillie Langtry was a statuesque blonde with blue eyes, a perfect complexion and a ravishing figure. She was acclaimed by the social set, and became the mistress of The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.
Amazing sights to see! The tornado – Munchkinland – Horse of a Different Color – Startling balloon ascent – Flying monkeys – Trees that talk and throw apples – More, more, more!!! It’s all in “The Wizard of Oz.”
Through these 75 gorgeous and artistic color covers of Theater magazine, take a peek back in time to the stage scene from the first decades of the twentieth century.
No other city in the world has so many theatres in actual operation as New York. The number of theatre seats available in proportion to the population is also surprisingly high.
Modernism reigns in house situated at ‘The Crossroads’ Promptly at 7 tomorrow night, the doors of the new Orinda Theater will swing open for the
This highly-misunderstood process of applying make involves a lot more than just putting “a dab o’ powder” on your nose. Here, a top stage star from 1913 gives you her makeup secrets.
Navigate the photos one by one, or click the arrow along the top to start an automatic slideshow, showing a different image every 10 seconds.
Today Barbra Streisand is the drummer boy leading the charge. Cinderella at the ball, every hopeless kid’s hopeless dream come true.
What have the protagonists of a half-century-old comic strip – Little Orphan Annie – got to do with Broadway?
The late 1950s and the early 1960s were the drive-in glory days, when there were about 4000 such venues spread across the country — about a quarter of the total number of movie theatres.
Moon River (video) https://youtu.be/flm4xcOyiCo Can’t Get Used to Losing You (video)
Peace at any price, pleads Gracie Allen’s spouse What a woman! What a world! What a headache! Moans husband of “dizzy” actress “There is one
The story of comedy duo George & Gracie George Burns and Gracie Allen started their screen career with the only contract of its kind with
Small boys cry “fire” as joke in theater Panic of 900 is narrowly averted, while many women faint Francis Laplante, thirteen, of No. 1120 Madison
Ethel Barrymore says youth and beauty are stumbling blocks to the advancement of an actress by Charles Darnton All a-shimmer in that silver gown that
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