Vaudeville Wars: How the Keith-Albee and Orpheum Circuits Controlled the Big-Time and Its Performers

This book maps the intriguing story about how the tycoons of the two most powerful circuits, Keith-Albee in the East and the Orpheum in the West, conspired to control the big time. Despite the battles between the performers and the circuit moguls, the vaudeville wars forged an electrifying entertainment that at its zenith brought joy to millions.

Author: A. Wertheim
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 06/30/2006
Pages: 332
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.34h x 6.02w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781403968265

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2006 pg. 657

About the Author
ARTHUR FRANK WERTHEIM served as the Director of Development Communications at UCLA, USA, from 1984 to 1997 and also as a Visiting Scholar in that University's Department of Film and Television from 1992 to 1995. He has published articles and book reviews in the Journal of American History, The American Historical Review and the Journal of Popular Culture.