Donna Darling at Crescent Theatre, Perth Amboy, NJ, 18-20 December 1922
Donna in the News
100 Years Ago
by Don Taylor
“Donna in the News” is my reporting of newly found newspaper articles and advertisements regarding my grandmother, Madonna Montran (aka Donna Montran and Donna Darling). I am always excited when I find a new venue for my grandmother’s exciting show business career of the 1910s and 1920s.
This week, I learned from the Perth Amboy Evening News (Perth Amboy, NJ) newspaper dated 18 December 1922 that Donna played at the Crescent Theatre for three days. I also learned she had a show entitled “Futuristic Review.”
Splendid Show at Crescent
Today, tomorrow and Wednesday the Crescent theatre offers another exceedingly high class program of motion pictures and vaudeville. Every act of vaudeville appearing at this popular theatre during the next three days has been especially inspected by the management and is claimed to be of the highest type obtainable from a point of amusement.
The vaudeville acts follow: … Donna Darling & Company in a futuristic review; Clark,…
Because of those newly available online articles, I was able to add another venue to Donna’s exciting vaudeville career. New information added to her career list:
December 18-20, 1922 – Perth Amboy, NJ – Crescent Theatre – “Futuristic Review.”
My thanks to Newspapers.com for making this clipping available.
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