Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-310) and index.
Contents
Part one: Origins -- From farm boy to museum owner -- Keith's right-hand man -- San Francisco's Orpheum -- Part two: Evolution -- The great Orpheum circuit -- Upstaging Tony Pastor -- Gentrifying Keith's quadruple circuit -- Part three: Consolidation and revolt -- Streamlining the booking process -- The White rats strike -- Part four: Vaudeville battles -- The Combine and the UBO -- Morris challenges the Combine -- Part five: Vaudevillians vs. the Combine -- The vaudeville machine -- A host of grievances -- Broadway Sime and the British Lion -- Part six: Albee takes control -- How Albee stole the Palace -- Growing discord -- Mountford strikes back -- Part seven: The demise of the big time -- The threat of the big small time -- "The Toboggan slide" -- Kennedy's takeover -- Epilogue.
