Flaig, Gus and Beall, Howard C.
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content: Henry A. "Buddy" Graf and George Cahill Vaudeville and Burlesque Collections
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content: Howard C. Beall was born circa 1867. He was a partner of Gus Flaig and father of Flaig's first wife Hattie. Beall was also a strongman in a circus before becoming an actor. Beall died February 27, 1925 and is buried in the Westminster Cemetery, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Gus Flaig was born March 4, 1887. He was a comedian and producer on the Hirst burlesque circuit as well as stage manager of the Gayety Theater, "Home of Progressive Burlesque" in Baltimore, Maryland. Married first Hattie Louise Beall, daughter of his partner Howard C. Beall in 1915. Second wife was a  dancer known as Dorothy [Dottie] Bell.
After the closing of the Gayety in 1949 Flaig worked on television scripts. Flaig died on September 29, 1953.
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dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: NMAH.AC.1484, Series 12
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content: Archival materials
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content: The scripts in this series are credited to both Gus Flaig and Howard Beall. Materials are arranged alphabetically by title.