Category Archives: California Bathing Girls (1925)

Donna & Crescent Theatre in the News

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Don Taylor

Donna Darling performed with the “California Bathing Beauties” at Crescent Theatre in Pontiac, MI on February 13 & 14, 1925, as uncovered in a Pontiac Daily 1925 clipping by her grandson. This new find adds to Madonna Montran’s documented vaudeville career. Continue reading →

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Donna & Rivoli Theatre in the News

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Don Taylor

Don Taylor celebrates discovering articles on his grandmother, Madonna Montran, known as Donna Darling, and her 1920s show business career. On December 7, 1924, Darling’s vaudeville act, including toe dancing, singing, and a larger orchestra, was featured at Rivoli Theatre, Two Rivers, WI, alongside a Warner Bros. film. Continue reading →

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Donna & the Wild Opera House In the News

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Don Taylor

In 1925, Donna Darling’s Bathing “Girl Revue”—a classy variety show featuring music, dance, and comedy—performed at Noblesville’s Wild Opera House on April 6th and 7th adding another chronical to her career. Continue reading →

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Donna Darling Collection – Part 94

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Don Taylor

Seven Bathing Beauties – 1925 Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor I’m looking at a page from the Donna Darling Collection for this week’s Treasure Chest Tuesday. The page consists of seven women in bathing suits from 1925. BATHING BEAUTIES … Continue reading →

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Donna Darling Collection – Part 85

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Don Taylor

Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor For this week’s Treasure Chest Tuesday, I’m looking at a clipping from the Donna Darling Collection with Donna in her fashion coat. Donna Darling. Bathing Beauties of Movies Here in Revue at the Lincoln. … Continue reading →

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