Category Archives: Bathing Beauty Revue

Donna Darling at the Strand Theatre, Pontiac, Michigan (June 22–24, 1925)

Posted on February 20, 2026 by Don Taylor

Newspaper advertisements confirm Donna Darling’s June 22–24, 1925 appearance at the Strand Theatre in Pontiac, Michigan. Promoted with her Bathing Girl Revue and “Comedy Life Guards,” this engagement strengthens the reconstruction of her 1925 Midwestern vaudeville tour between Ohio and Detroit. Continue reading →

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Donna 100 Years ago – Alhambra, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Posted on January 14, 2025 by Don Taylor

“Donna Montran, vaudeville star, headlined ‘Bathing Beauty Revue’ in Madison and Milwaukee, WI, in January 1925, sharing the stage with Murray Earle and films like ‘A Man Must Live.'” Continue reading →

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Donna at Temple Theatre, Bryan, Ohio, 18-19 June 1925.

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Don Taylor

99 years ago, my grandmother, “Donna Darling,” was in the news for being at the Temple Theatre in Bryan, Ohio. Continue reading →

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Donna Darling Collection – Part 38b

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Don Taylor

Treasure Chest ThursdayFamily Photos (1370) Five years ago (2018), in the Donna Darling Collection – Part 38, I looked at images from the Donna Darling Collection, #1370. In it, I mentioned a photo of Donna’s name up in lights, and … Continue reading →

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Donna Darling Collection – Part 95

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Don Taylor

Treasure Chest ThursdayBy Don Taylor I’m looking at four images from the Donna Darling Collection for this week’s Treasure Chest Tuesday. I have cropped and gently enhanced these photos. First is a beauty shot of Donna and its back. The … Continue reading →

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