
to pull a crowd night after night with the punters having plenty to choose from in essentially a single medium open to entertainers. to make a name for yourself above the rest you had to be extraordinarily talented and practised, like chaplin, keaton and fields
nice find
( , Wed 7 Jun 2023, 5:57, Reply)

Like jazz band musicians in them days, you had to be good. Know all the standards, sight read fluently. Recordings were done in one shot and woe to you if you fucked up.
( , Wed 7 Jun 2023, 7:23, Reply)