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Donna Darling and Her Girls at the Elks’ Mardi Gras, Carlinville, IL – Week of October 12, 1925

Posted on October 12, 2026 by Don Taylor

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 Darling at Lafayette Square (Buffalo, 1925)

Posted on July 27, 2026 by Don Taylor

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 →

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IN THE NEWS – Harris Grand Theatre, Bloomington, Indiana – April 23–25, 1925

Posted on June 20, 2026 by Don Taylor

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 →

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Donna in the News – Bloomington, IN, April 1925.

Posted on May 14, 2026 by Don Taylor

Donna Darling and her “Bathing Girls’ Revue” brought a Hollywood-organized vaudeville extravaganza to Bloomington, Indiana’s Harris Grand Theatre in April 1925, dazzling audiences and earning recognition as the biggest vaudeville number ever seen on that stage. 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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