Film and Music of the Vaudeville Era

This collection is comprised of commercially recorded music and film, either in the form of compact discs, DVDs or VHS video tapes. The music recordings feature dance music from the “Roaring Twenties” for the most part, but also include later material up through the 1940s/50s. Some of the music consists of recordings of bands from the time period, and some of it has been preserved and recorded by contemporary “specialty orchestras” whose aim is to preserve the music of this particular era. The films are typically “pre-code era” features or shorts that include former vaudeville performers. A few are concert films of select jazz performers such as Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey.

The collection includes 161 sound recordings (all CDs) and 85 films (7 VHS tapes, 78 being DVDs).