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Like many families in the 19th century, the Hixons took advantage of photography as an affordable way to capture images of loved ones. During his own...
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As a portrait photographer, it was Hixon’s responsibility to develop his subjects’ public image and give them a product they could share with theater...
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Eddie Cantor, born Edward Israel Iskowitz, became a show business legend who excelled on stage, in radio, film, television, and in the nightclubs. He...
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Born in New Orleans and the son of a producer and stage manager, Robert Edeson spent nearly 30 years on Broadway and became one of the first stage per...
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The number of girls named Marilyn rose exponentially in the 1920s and early 30s in homage to Marilyn Miller, one of the era's most popular Broadway st...
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Before they endeared themselves to film audiences in "The Wizard of Oz," the Singer Midgets were stars on Broadway. Organized and managed by Viennese-...
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Born Muriel Harding in England, Olga Petrova adopted her more exotic stage name as she became a successful actress in musicals and the London and New...
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Beverly Bayne walked into Chicago’s Essanay Studios when she was 16 years old and immediately turned heads with her big brown eyes and soft, dark hair...
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George Augustus Andrews was born in London. Known professionally as George Arliss, he began his stage career at the age of 18 and then came to the Uni...
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Clifton Webb's mother, with whom he lived until her death at age 91, transferred her own theatrical ambitions to the son she called "little Webb." He...