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Donna Darling and Her Girls at the Elks’ Mardi Gras, Carlinville, IL – Week of October 12, 1925
In October 1925, Donna Darling and her girls brought “Her Little Revue” to the Carlinville Elks’ Mardi Gras and Auto Show — playing not in a theatre but under an 80-by-200-foot circus tent just off the town square in Carlinville, Illinois. Continue reading
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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.
Donna & Sammy — Worcester, Massachusetts (Dec. 1928)
In December 1928, my grandmother Donna Darling and her stage partner Sammy Clark appeared in Paul Specht’s “Syncopation” revue at the Plymouth Theatre in Worcester, Massachusetts, sharing the bill with Dolores Del Rio’s “Ramona.” Four consecutive issues of the Worcester Evening Gazette followed the engagement from its Monday opening to its Saturday close, offering an unusually complete week-by-week record of the act. Continue reading
Donna Montran in Chin Chin at the Drohen Avenue Theatre, Dunkirk, NY – March 8, 1920
On March 8, 1920, my grandmother, Donna Montran, again played when the touring company of “Chin Chin” stopped for a single night at the Drohen Avenue Theatre in Dunkirk, NY — two days after closing its Rochester engagement. Continue reading
