Category Archives: Metropolitan Revue

Donna at Fox Washington Theatre, Detroit, MI – Week of June 6, 1926

In June 1926, vaudeville performer Donna Darling and her Metropolitan Five headlined the live bill at Detroit’s Fox Washington Theatre, appearing alongside the silent film The Shamrock Handicap. A penciled note in Donna’s own hand — “week June 6, Detroit” — anchors this appearance in her career chronology. Continue reading

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Donna Darling Collection – Part 36 – Fox Washington Theatre

Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor For this week’s Treasure Chest Thursday, I’m looking at two clippings from the Donna Darling Collection concerning “The Fox Washington – Washington Blvd at Clifford.”

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Donna Darling Collection – Part 23

Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor It is always great when I can add a new venue to Donna’s show list and today’s collection item did just that. It was another Capitol Theater clipping, but this time from Kitchener, Ontario, … Continue reading

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