Program for the Star Theatre, Savannah, Georgia, advertising the vaudeville show, Happy go lucky, probably 1929 May 13-19
- Collection:
- Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. Business Records, 1906-1967
- Creator:
- Star Theatre (Savannah, Ga.)
- Date:
- 1929-05-13/1929-05-29
- DLG URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_dtrm_dbr076
- Subject:
- Brown & Williams, Earl & Josephine, African American musicians--Employment--Georgia--Savannah, African American dancers--Employment--Georgia--Savannah, African American singers--Employment--Georgia--Savannah, Vaudeville--Georgia--Savannah, Theaters--Georgia--Savannah, Entertainment events--Georgia--Savannah, Advertising--Georgia--Savannah, Advertising fliers--Georgia--Savannah, Happy go lucky (Musical show : 1928), Williams, George, Jr., Williams, Henry, Williams, Henry Palmer, Glover, Willy, Mobley, Billie Mae, Blackman, D., Jackson, Ellis, Boyer, Chas, and Star Theatre (Savannah, Ga.)
- Spatial coverage:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- circulars (fliers)
- Description:
- Circular for the Star Theatre, Savannah, Georgia, advertising the vaudeville show, Happy Go Lucky, with George Williams, Jr., Henry Williams, Willy Glover, Billy Mae Mobley, Earl & Josephine, and a five-piece jazz band, dated May 13-19, 1929. The front of the program advertises the Star Theatre and features full-length photographs of the comedy team Williams & Brown. The interior of the program shows Williams & Brown posing with their chorus line and jazz band. The back of the program lists the acts appearing in the show. The program describes Henry Williams as a "limber leg man." Billy Mae Mobley is listed as the pianist. The program notes that the five-piece jazz band is directed by D. Blackman, and features Ellis Jackson, known as the Banjo King, cornetist Charles Boyer, and "pianofool" Henry Palmer Williams.
- Holding Institution:
- Middle Georgia Archives
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/