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The 130 pages that link to Vaudeville, each with the reason it gives.

• Jackie CooganNarrower topic: Coogan performed on stage as a young child before his film career took off.

• Lou CostelloNarrower topic: Costello and Abbott developed their act in the vaudeville circuit.

• Moms MableyNarrower topic: Mabley's early career emerged in the vaudeville world and its touring circuits.

• Stage hypnosisRelated: Vaudeville venues helped establish hypnotic demonstrations as popular stage entertainment.

• The Boswell SistersRelated: The sisters developed their act in the live entertainment circuits that preceded their recording success.

• W. C. FieldsNarrower topic: Fields honed his act before live vaudeville audiences for decades.

• Betty BoopRelated: Her cartoons borrow the pacing and stage routines of variety performance.

• Burns and AllenNarrower topic: Burns and Allen built their partnership and stage routines in vaudeville.

• Donald O'ConnorNarrower topic: The vaudeville circuit shaped O'Connor's timing, versatility, and early career.

• Edgar BergenNarrower topic: Bergen developed his ventriloquist act in the variety-show tradition vaudeville sustained.

• Hector-Jonathan CrémieuxRelated: Its brisk mixture of dialogue and musical episodes helps explain the pacing of French operetta.

• Meadowlark LemonRelated: The Globetrotters’ routines borrowed variety-show pacing and comic performance conventions.

• Red SkeltonNarrower topic: Skelton developed his timing and physical comedy performing on the vaudeville circuit.

• SchlitzieNarrower topic: Sideshow performers such as Schlitzie worked within the wider variety-entertainment economy.

• Sword swallowingRelated: Sword swallowing became a striking specialty act on vaudeville stages.

• Broderick CrawfordNarrower topic: Crawford’s parents worked in the theatrical world shaped by vaudeville.

• Candy BarrCompared with: Vaudeville variety bills overlapped with burlesque venues, but striptease distinguished Barr’s performance world.

• Carole LandisRelated: Landis worked as a singer and performer before establishing herself in films.

• Ching Ling FooRelated: Its variety-bill format suited touring magicians such as Foo.

• Elsa MaxwellNarrower topic: Before becoming known as a hostess, Maxwell worked in theatrical entertainment.

• Ernie KovacsRelated: Kovacs’s career began in live entertainment, where quick changes of tone and comic business were central.

• Frank LentiniRelated: Vaudeville circuits offered another setting for the kind of touring act Lentini performed.

• GallagherRelated: Gallagher’s mixture of jokes, visual gags, and spectacle echoed variety-show traditions.

• GrockRelated: Its touring venues and mixed bills offered a natural circuit for Grock’s compact act.

• Jack AlbertsonNarrower topic: Albertson began performing in vaudeville, where he developed his comic timing and versatility.

• Marion HarrisNarrower topic: Harris developed as a performer in the theatrical circuits that showcased popular singers.

• Number (performance)Broader topic: Its individual acts exemplify the self-contained performance number.

• Phil SilversNarrower topic: Silvers developed in vaudeville, but his best-known work used sustained characters and sitcom plots.

• Prince RandianRelated: Randian's skill-based act belonged to the wider circuit of variety entertainment.

• Vernon and Irene CastleCompared with: The Castles moved from theatrical work toward a refined dance identity beyond variety entertainment.