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    Comedies of the new era adopted many of the dramatic and musical tropes of classic vaudeville acts. Film comedies of the 1920s through the 1940s used talent from the vaudeville stage and followed a vaudeville aesthetic of variety entertainment, both in Hollywood and in Asia, including China.

  2. Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Vaudeville movies. #1. Children of Paradise (1945) Rating: 8.4/10. Length: 3h 9min. Genre: Romance, Drama. Director: Marcel Carné.

  3. Apr 12, 2012 · The Sunshine Boys (1975); Herbert Ross, director. Love letters to Vaudeville absolutely have to begin with the film adaptation of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys. In addition to telling a...

  4. Mar 14, 2016 · Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with and marries Italian ballerina Madeleine. While they continue to tour the circuit, they begin a family and before long have seven little Foys to clutter the wings.

  5. Jun 21, 2024 · vaudeville, a farce with music. In the United States the term connotes a light entertainment popular from the mid-1890s until the early 1930s that consisted of 10 to 15 individual unrelated acts, featuring magicians, acrobats, comedians, trained animals, jugglers, singers, and dancers.

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  6. The American vaudeville circuits gave birth to some of the best known comedians of all time, who went on to succeed in radio, movies, and television. A complete list of those comedians with vaudeville backgrounds would be very long indeed!

  7. Mar 19, 1986 · Vaudeville: Directed by Jean Marboeuf. With Marie-Christine Barrault, Guy Marchand, Roland Giraud, Jean-Marc Thibault. This film features a husband who is tired of playing the eternal husband and his wife who would like to live one last love story with her lover.