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Donna in the News – Hagerstown, MD, November 1920.
Billed as “Donna Montram,” Tom Rooney’s “Beach Promenade” bathing beauty revue topped the bill at the Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown, Maryland in November 1920. Donna sharing the stage with trained baboons and a Man o’ War newsreel. Continue reading
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Tagged 1920, A Beach Promenade, Bathing Beauties, Donna Montram, Donna Montran, Genealogy Research, Hagerstown, Maryland, Maryland Theatre, Maryland Vaudeville, Montran, The Herald-Mail, theatre history, Tom Rooney, Vaudeville, vaudeville history
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Donna Darling at Lafayette Square (Buffalo, 1925)
A Polish-language newspaper advertisement from August 1, 1925, places Donna Darling and her Bathing Girl Revue at the Lafayette Square Theatre in Buffalo, New York. Sharing the bill with Irene Rich’s film My Wife and I and featuring Max Sennett’s “Original Beauties.” This discovery adds another documented engagement to Donna Darling’s touring career. Continue reading
Russell Erwin Kees (1927–2016)
Ancestor SketchFamily line: Brown-MontranBy Don Taylor Identity Question How did Russell Erwin Kees — born Russell Erwin Clark Amsterdam to Madonna Mae Montran and Samson Clark Amsterdam, and later known by an unofficial surname taken from his mother’s partner (a … Continue reading
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Tagged Korean War, Vaudeville, 60 Minutes II, Brown/Montran, Southwestern High School, Arizona, Kwajalein, Kees, Michigan, veteran, Panama, Amsterdam
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IN THE NEWS – Harris Grand Theatre, Bloomington, Indiana – April 23–25, 1925
In April 1925, my grandmother Madonna Montran — performing as Donna Darling — headlined her “Bathing Girls’ Revue” at the Harris Grand Theatre in Bloomington, Indiana. The three-day Keith Circuit engagement drew five days of advance and review coverage in the local press, naming her seven supporting performers and praising the elaborate production. Continue reading
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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