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80 relations: Abe Lastfogel, Abel Green, Adolph Zukor, Amos 'n' Andy, Balaban and Katz, Barney Balaban, Belle Baker, Benny Fields, Benny Goodman, Bill Robinson, Biograph Studios, Blossom Seeley, Bob Balaban, Burt Balaban, Charles Frohman, Chicago, Chicago American, Chicago Theatre, Daniel Frohman, David Belasco, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Dorothy Gish, Edison Studios, Elmer Balaban, Emanuel List, Essanay Studios, Fanny Brice, Forest Home Cemetery (Chicago), Francis X. Bushman, Fred Waring, Ginger Rogers, Gladys Swarthout, Glenn Miller, Gus Kahn, Harry Lauder, Illinois, Jesse Crawford, Joe Penner, John Philip Sousa, Judy Balaban, Klaw and Erlanger, Lubin Manufacturing Company, Marcus Loew, Martha Raye, Marx Brothers, Mary Pickford, Movie palace, New York City, New York Philharmonic, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, ..., Norma Talmadge, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Theatre (New York City), Paul Whiteman, Radio City Music Hall, Rapp and Rapp, Red Balaban, Red Norvo, Riviera Theatre, Roscoe Arbuckle, Roxy Theatre (New York City), Roy Bargy, Ruth Etting, Sid Grauman, Sime Silverman, Sophie Tucker, Spyros Skouras, Ted Fio Rito, Ted Lewis (musician), Tess Gardella, Theda Bara, Tito Schipa, Van and Schenck, Variety (magazine), Victor Young, Vincente Minnelli, Vitagraph Studios, Will Rogers, William Morris Endeavor, Winthrop Ames. Expand index (30 more) »
Abe Lastfogel
Abraham Isaac "Abe" Lastfogel (May 17, 1898 - August 27, 1984) was one of the first employees and a long-time President of the William Morris Agency, a large diversified talent agency.
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Abel Green
Abel Green (June 3, 1900 – May 10, 1973) was an American journalist best known as the editor of Variety for forty years.
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Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor (January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) was an American film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures, born in Austria-Hungary.
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Amos 'n' Andy
Amos 'n' Andy is an American radio and television sitcom set in Harlem, Manhattan's historic black community.
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Balaban and Katz
Balaban and Katz Theater Corporation, or B&K, was a theatre corporation which owned a chain of motion picture theaters and founded by A. J. Balaban and Sam Katz.
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Barney Balaban
Barney Balaban (June 8, 1887 – March 7, 1971) was the president of Paramount Pictures from 1936 to 1964 and innovator in the cinema industry.
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Belle Baker
Belle Baker (December 25, 1893, New York City, New York – April 29, 1957, Los Angeles, California) was an American singer and actress.
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Benny Fields
Benny (Bennie) Fields (born: Benjamin Geisenfeld) (June 14, 1894 – August 16, 1959) was a popular singer of the early 20th century, best known as one-half of the Blossom Seeley-Benny Fields vaudeville team.
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Benny Goodman
Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing".
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Bill Robinson
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (May 25, 1878 – November 25, 1949) was an American tap dancer and actor, the best known and most highly paid African-American entertainer in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Biograph Studios
Biograph Studios was an early film studio and laboratory complex, built in 1912 by the Biograph Company at 807 East 175th Street, in The Bronx, New York City, New York.
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Blossom Seeley
Blossom Seeley (July 16, 1891 – April 17, 1974).
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Bob Balaban
Robert Elmer Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, author, producer, and director.
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Burt Balaban
Burt Balaban (6 March 1922 - 14 October 1965) was an American film producer and director.
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Charles Frohman
Charles Frohman (July 15, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American theatrical producer.
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Chicago
Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.
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Chicago American
The Chicago American was an afternoon newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois under various names until 1974.
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Chicago Theatre
The Chicago Theatre, originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre, is a landmark theater located on North State Street in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.
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Daniel Frohman
Daniel Frohman (August 22, 1851 – December 26, 1940) was an American theatrical producer and manager, and an early film producer.
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David Belasco
David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright.
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Dimitri Mitropoulos
Dimitri Mitropoulos (Δημήτρης Μητρόπουλος; – 2 November 1960), was a Greek conductor, pianist, and composer.
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Dorothy Gish
Dorothy Elizabeth Gish (March 11, 1898 – June 4, 1968) was an American actress of the screen and stage, as well as a director and writer.
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Edison Studios
Edison Studios was an American film production organization, owned by companies controlled by inventor and entrepreneur, Thomas Edison.
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Elmer Balaban
Elmer Balaban (1909 - November 2, 2001) was an American theater owner and early cable television provider.
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Emanuel List
Emanuel List (born March 22, 1888 in Vienna - d. June 21, 1967 in Vienna) was an Austrian-American opera bass.
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Essanay Studios
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an American motion picture studio.
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Fanny Brice
Fania Borach (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951), known professionally as Fanny Brice, was an American illustrated song model, comedienne, singer, theater, and film actress who made many stage, radio, and film appearances and is known as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series The Baby Snooks Show.
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Forest Home Cemetery (Chicago)
Forest Home Cemetery is at 863 S. DesPlaines Ave, Forest Park, Illinois, adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway, straddling the Des Plaines River in Cook County, just west of Chicago.
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Francis X. Bushman
Francis Xavier Bushman (January 10, 1883 – August 23, 1966) was an American film actor and director.
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Fred Waring
Fredrick Malcolm Waring Sr. (June 9, 1900 – July 29, 1984) was a musician, bandleader, and radio and television personality, sometimes referred to as "America's Singing Master" and "The Man Who Taught America How to Sing".
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Ginger Rogers
Virginia Katherine Rogers (née McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer, and singer.
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Gladys Swarthout
Gladys Swarthout (born December 25, 1900, Deepwater, Missouri – died July 7, 1969, Florence, Italy) was an American mezzo-soprano opera singer and actress.
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Glenn Miller
Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) The website for Arlington National Cemetery refers to Glenn Miller as "missing in action since Dec.
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Gus Kahn
Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist.
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Harry Lauder
Sir Henry Lauder (4 August 1870 – 26 February 1950)Russell, Dave.
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Illinois
Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
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Jesse Crawford
Jesse Crawford (December 2, 1895 – May 28, 1962), was an American pianist and organist.
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Joe Penner
Joe Penner (November 11, 1904 – January 10, 1941) was an American 1930s-era vaudeville, radio and film comedian.
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John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known primarily for American military and patriotic marches.
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Judy Balaban
Judith Rose Balaban (born 1932) is an American actress and author who wrote the book The Bridesmaids: Grace Kelly and Six Intimate Friends about Grace Kelly.
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Klaw and Erlanger
Klaw and Erlanger were a theatrical production duo based out of New York City during the early 1900s.
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Lubin Manufacturing Company
The Lubin Manufacturing Company was an American motion picture production company that produced silent films from 1896 to 1916.
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Marcus Loew
Marcus Loew (May 7, 1870 – September 5, 1927) was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loew's Theatres and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio (MGM).
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Martha Raye
Martha Raye (August 27, 1916 – October 19, 1994) was an American comic actress and singer who performed in movies, and later on television.
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Marx Brothers
The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949.
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Mary Pickford
Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-born film actress and producer.
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Movie palace
A movie palace (or picture palace in the United Kingdom) is any of the large, elaborately decorated movie theaters built between the 1910s and the 1940s.
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New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
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New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic, officially the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., globally known as New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO) or New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States.
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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, is located in Manhattan, New York City, at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on the Upper West Side, between the Metropolitan Opera House and the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
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Norma Talmadge
Norma Marie Talmadge (May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress and film producer of the silent era.
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Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation (also known simply as Paramount) is an American film studio based in Hollywood, California, that has been a subsidiary of the American media conglomerate Viacom since 1994.
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Paramount Theatre (New York City)
The Paramount Theatre was a noted 3,664 seat movie palace located at 43rd Street and Broadway in the Times Square district of New York City.
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Paul Whiteman
Paul Samuel Whiteman (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist.
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Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located at 1260 Avenue of the Americas at Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
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Rapp and Rapp
The architectural firm Rapp and Rapp was active in Chicago, Illinois during the early 20th century.
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Red Balaban
Leonard "Red" Balaban (December 22, 1929 - December 29, 2013) was an American jazz tubist and sousaphonist.
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Red Norvo
Red Norvo (born Kenneth Norville, March 31, 1908 – April 6, 1999) was one of jazz's early vibraphonists, known as "Mr.
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Riviera Theatre
The Riviera Theatre is a concert venue located on the north side of Chicago, Illinois.
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Roscoe Arbuckle
Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter.
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Roxy Theatre (New York City)
The Roxy Theatre was a 5,920 seat movie theater located at 153 West 50th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, just off Times Square in New York City.
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Roy Bargy
Roy Fredrick Bargy (July 31, 1894 – January 16, 1974) was an American composer and pianist.
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Ruth Etting
Ruth Etting (November 23, 1897 – September 24, 1978) was an American singing star and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film.
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Sid Grauman
Sidney Patrick Grauman (March 17, 1879 – March 5, 1950) was an American showman who created two of Hollywood's most recognizable and visited landmarks, the Chinese Theatre and the Egyptian Theatre.
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Sime Silverman
Simon J. "Sime" Silverman (May 19, 1873 – September 23, 1933) was an American journalist and newspaper publisher best known as the founder of the weekly Variety in New York in 1905 and the Hollywood-based Daily Variety in 1933.
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Sophie Tucker
Sophie Tuck (January 13, 1887 – February 9, 1966), known professionally as Sophie Tucker, was a Ukrainian-born American singer, comedian, actress, and radio personality.
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Spyros Skouras
Spyros Panagiotis Skouras (Σπύρος Σκούρας; March 28, 1893 – August 16, 1971) was a Greek American motion picture pioneer and movie executive who was the president of the 20th Century Fox from 1942 to 1962.
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Ted Fio Rito
Theodore Salvatore Fiorito (December 20, 1900 – July 22, 1971),DeLong, Thomas A. (1996).
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Ted Lewis (musician)
Theodore Leopold Friedman (June 6, 1890 – August 25, 1971), known as Ted Lewis, was an American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician.
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Tess Gardella
Therese Gardella (December 19, 1894 – January 3, 1950) was an Italian American performer on the stage and screen whose stage persona was "Aunt Jemima." She performed on both stage and screen, usually in blackface.
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Theda Bara
Theda Bara (born Theodosia Burr Goodman, July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress.
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Tito Schipa
Tito Schipa (born Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa; 2nd January 1889 in Lecce16 December 1965) was an Italian tenor, considered the greatest tenore di grazia and one of the most popular tenors of the century.
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Van and Schenck
Van and Schenck were popular United States entertainers in the 1910s and 1920s: Gus Van (born August Von Glahn, August 12, 1886 – March 12, 1968), baritone and Joe Schenck (pronounced "skenk"; born Joseph Thuma Schenck, c. 1891 – June 28, 1930), tenor.
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Variety (magazine)
Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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Victor Young
Victor Young (August 8, 1900 – November 10, 1956)"Victor Young, Composer, Dies of Heart Attack", Oakland Tribune, November 12, 1956.
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Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelli (February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American stage director and film director, famous for directing such classic movie musicals as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Gigi (1958), The Band Wagon (1953), and An American in Paris (1951).
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Vitagraph Studios
Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio.
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Will Rogers
William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was a stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, American cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma.
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William Morris Endeavor
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC, also known as William Morris Endeavor, WME or WME-IMG, is an American talent agency with offices in Beverly Hills, California, United States.
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Winthrop Ames
Winthrop Ames (November 25, 1870 – November 3, 1937) was an American theatre director and producer, playwright and screenwriter.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Balaban
