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Donna, Sammy & Hal — Worcester, Massachusetts (July 1927)

In July 1927, my grandmother Donna Darling brought her own touring company — with Sammy Clark and Hal Dixon — to the Palace Theatre in Worcester, Massachusetts, sharing the bill with C. B. Maddock’s “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp.” Three consecutive days of Worcester Evening Gazette coverage document the engagement, which slots into a documented one-week New England swing between stops in Springfield and New Bedford.

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Donna Darling Collection – Part 91

Donna DARLING and CLARK Sammy – Revue Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor I’m looking at a second advertising sheet from the Donna Darling Collection Treasure Chest. The sheet includes photos of Donna, Sammy, and two or three other people. … Continue reading →

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Donna Darling Collection – Part 90

Donna Darling & Sammy Clark – Booked Solid Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor I’m looking at an advertising sheet from the Donna Darling Collection for Treasure Chest Thursday. The sheet includes photos of Donna and Sammy. It appears it … Continue reading →

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Donna Darling Collection – Part 27 – Three Colonial Theaters

Three Colonial Theaters Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor For this week’s Treasure Chest Thursday, I’m looking at several vaudeville clippings from three different pages of the Donna Darling Collection. All of them relate to the Colonial Theater. One to … Continue reading →

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Donna in Bridgeport, CT, at Poli’s – June 30-July 2, 1927

By Don Taylor We know Donna played in Warren, PA, in early May, but don’t know where she, Sammy, and Hal Dixon were until the played at Poli’s Theater in Bridgeport, CT from June 30 until July 2, 1927.[i] [ii] … Continue reading →

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