Now in the second month of its screen/stage policy, the Music Hall booked its first “name” headliners, two ultra-popular radio characters portrayed by white actors in blackface…With the New Roxy also still on a film/stage policy, management was competing against itself, and would need to take action soon to end or at least reduce losses of thousands of Depression dollars weekly.
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Now in the second month of its screen/stage policy, the Music Hall booked its first “name” headliners, two ultra-popular radio characters portrayed by white actors in blackface…With the New Roxy also still on a film/stage policy, management was competing against itself, and would need to take action soon to end or at least reduce losses of thousands of Depression dollars weekly.