Performing Arts
Maccabe's Art of Ventriloquism and Vocal Illusions
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Frederic Maccabe
This manual offers instructions on how to become a ventriloquist. Starting out from a general introduction of ventriloquism, it explains how…
The Art of Stage Dancing
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Ned Wayburn
Ned Wayburn, a popular and outstanding choreographer of the early 1900's, writes about the different styles and requirements of dancing and …
Tea-Cup Reading and Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves
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A Highland Seer and Lillian Shearon
Reading the Cup is essentially a domestic form of Fortune-telling to be practiced at home, and with success by anyone who will take the trou…
Intimate Talks with Movie Stars
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Edward Weitzel
A collection of interviews originally published in Moving Picture World that aims to give the movie-mad public "intimate pen pictures o…
Stories From The Operas
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Gladys Davidson
"Owing to the appreciation which has been accorded to my three series of "Stories from the Operas," it has been decided to re…
There's Laughter in the Air! Radio's Top Comedians and Their Best Shows
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Jack Gaver and Jack Gaveranddave Stanley
There's Laughter in the Air takes readers on a sidesplitting romp through the world of old-time radio comedy. It gives a brief history of th…
Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, writte…
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P. T. Barnum
The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the "Greatest Show on Earth," P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It d…
Screen Acting
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Mae Marsh
Silent film star, Mae Marsh, recounts her life as an actress in this publication, what she deems as being the answer to thousands of letters…
Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace
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John M. Burke
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody is one of the legends of the American western frontier. As a teen he rode for the pony expr…
Coffee Break Collection 012 - The Performing Arts
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Various
This is the twelfth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in le…
Life and Lillian Gish
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Albert Bigelow Paine
An authorized biography of Lillian Gish, the renowned silent film star known in her heyday as the First Lady of American Cinema. Albert Bige…
The Voice and Public Speaking
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John Poole Sandlands
I write for public speakers. I wish to take them into my confidence. I feel I can do them good. My object is to help them to speak with grea…
The Art of Story-Telling, with nearly half a hundred stories
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Julia Darrow Cowles
In preparing this book the author has sought to awaken a keener perception and a higher appreciation of the artistic and ethical value of st…
Biographical Notice Of Nicolo Paganini With An Analysis Of His Compositions And…
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Francois-Joseph Fetis
Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (1782 – 1840) was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most celebra…
The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism
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Clayton Hamilton
A collection of essays by American critic Clayton Hamilton concerning theatre & dramatic practices, and the criticism thereof, from an e…
The Cinema of Orson Welles
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Peter Bogdanovich
Acclaimed director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon) was, early in his career, a film critic. It was during this time t…
Autobiography of an Actress; or Eight Years on the Stage
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Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Anna Cora Mowatt was the author of the first Broadway comedy hit written by a woman. Her 1845 play “Fashion” is still performed today. She w…
The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin
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Harry Houdini
This work is by Harry Houdini, and was an attempt, by him, to undermine the public reverence for the man regarded as the master of modern ma…
Studies in Stagecraft
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Clayton Hamilton
A companion piece to Hamilton's earlier work, The Theory of the Theatre. Where that volume dealt with the criticism of dramatic art in gener…
Sawdust and Spangles
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William Cameron Coup
Subtitled "Stories and Secrets of the Circus", this book tells some of the stories of circuses in the era of P.T. Barnum from the …