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Broadway Brevities are two-reel (17–21 minutes long) musical and dramatic film shorts produced by Warner Bros. between 1931 and 1943. The series continued as Warner Specials in later years.
Broadway Brevities are two-reel (17–21 minutes long) musical and dramatic film shorts produced by Warner Bros. between 1931 and 1943. The series continued as Warner Specials in later years.
Discovered by famed African-American comedian Bert Williams, actor Jay C. Flippen attained his first Broadway stage role in 1920's Broadway Brevities.
Feb 5, 1971 · Bert Williams, a famous Negro comedian at the time, got Mr. Flippen his first New York stage role in “Broadway Brevities” in 1920. By 1926 he had achieved star status, and appeared with Jack...
He was discovered by African-American star comedian Bert Williams in the 1920s, and was Williams' Broadway black face understudy and tour replacement for the 1920 musical revue "Broadway Brevities". Between 1924-29, he recorded scores of songs for Pathé Columbia, Perfect, and Brunswick Records.
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Flippen established himself as a respected vaudeville singer and stage actor before his film career. He was discovered by famed African-American comedian Bert Williams in 1920, and was Williams's Broadway understudy and tour replacement for the 1920 musical revue Broadway Brevities. [3]
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Broadway Brevities – alternately known as Brevities or Broadway Brevities and Society Gossip -was, at the time of first demise, in 1925, known as the most scandalous gossip magazine of all time.
