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Donna at the Bijou – New Haven, CT
Donna Darling Collection – Part 8 Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor This week’s Treasure Chest Thursday is clipping regarding Donna and her Bathing Beauties playing at the Bijou. The accompanying clipping indicates that the article was in “THE NEW … Continue reading
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Tagged Bathing Beauties, Bijou, Donna Montran, New Haven
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Donna Darling and the Boys
Donna Darling Collection – Part 7 Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor The searching, the hunt to understand a page, a photo from the Donna Darling Collection is always fun. Item #7 of the collection is a photograph of Donna … Continue reading
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Tagged As you like it, Donna Darling, Donna Montran, Jack Finney, Murray Walker
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Donna in a Roland West sketch at Keeney’s
February, March, and April, 1919. Records about Donna’s early vaudeville years are sparse. For example, I know that the January 31,, 1919, issue of Variety, under New Acts mentions, “Donna Montran and Trixie Bressler in a new sketch by Roland … Continue reading
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Tagged Donna Montran, Jessie Kennison, Keeney’s Brooklyn, Keeney’s Newark, Roland West, Trixie Bressler
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Grandma Donna’s Chili Rice
Donna Darling Collection – Part 4 Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor My grandmother, Donna, was a good cook. My mom says that Donna didn’t let her into the kitchen much and Donna never taught my mother how to cook. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chili Rice, Donna Kees, Donna Montran, Food
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The Donna Darling Collection – Part 2
Donna Montran Vaudeville By Don Taylor The first newspaper clipping in the collection is one that screams in big print, “DONNA MONTRAN.” It then speaks of her as “BROADWAY’S NEWEST FIND – Under Personal Direction of Tom Rooney.” The … Continue reading