Vaudeville wars : how the Keith-Albee and Orpheum circuits controlled the big-time and its performers /
Wertheim, Arthur Frank,1935-
New York ; Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-310) and index.
Part One: Origins -- From Farm Boy to Museum Owner -- Keith's Right-Hand Man -- San Francisco's Orpheum -- Part Two: Evolution -- The Great Orpheum Circuit -- Upstaging Tony Pastor -- Gentrifying Keith's Quadruple Circuit -- Part Three: Consolidation and Revolt  -- Streamlining the Booking Process -- The White Rats Strike -- Part Four: Vaudeville Battles -- The Combine and the UBO -- Morris Challenges the Combine -- Part Five: Vaudevillians vs. The Combine -- The Vaudeville Machine -- A Host of Grievances -- Broadway Sime and the British Lion -- Part Six: Albee Takes Control -- How Albee Stole the Palace -- Growing Discord -- Mountford Strikes Back -- Part Seven: The Demise of the Big Time -- The Threat of the Big Small Time -- "The Toboggan Slide" -- Kennedy's Takeover -- Epilogue.
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