EARLY JEWISH VAUDEVILLIANS AND COMIC ENTERTAINERS
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The Jewish Studies Area of the Popular Culture Association is organizing at=20
least one panel on early 20th century vaudevillians and comic actors for the=
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2007 conference of the ACA/PCA in Boston, Massachusetts, April 4-7, 2007. =20
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Eddie Cantor, Fannie Brice, Smith and Dale, Milton Berle, Jack Benny, George=
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Burns and Gracie Allen, The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp=20
Howard [replaced by Curly Howard]), The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo=
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Zeppo, Gummo), Henny Youngman, and Mae West are the most famous of a long l=
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Jewish entertainers, writers, directors, and producers in the vaudeville=20
circuit, on Broadway, and then on radio, film, and early television. Jewish=
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influence on entertainment in the early 20th century was so strong that Geor=
ge M.=20
Cohan, an Irish multi-talented actor/writer/director/producer, insisted that=
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last name be pronounced as =E2=80=9CCohen=E2=80=9D rather than the correct=20=
=E2=80=9Cco-HAN=E2=80=9D so that=20
he would be accepted as a =E2=80=9Cquadruple threat=E2=80=9D on Broadway.
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Jewish entertainment in the first half of the 20th century set the standard=20
for entertainment as we know it today. Presentations should concentrate on=20=
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Jewish influences on the early formation of entertainment and the people=20
responsible for it.
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Proposals should be approximately 250 words in length and must include your=20
mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
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All proposals should be emailed to both the Area Chair and Associate Area=20
Chair. DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS. Please copy-and-paste your proposal into t=
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email message.
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Area Chair: Daniel Walden -- dxw8_at_psu.edu
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Associate Area Chair: Barbara Silliman -- JewishStudiesPCA_at_aol.com
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Deadline for submissions: October 1, 2006

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