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From Bowery to Broadway A Vaudeville Rise
George White recalls meeting Benny Ryan in the Bowery and joining Rosy Dolly at Henderson's Coney Island. They boost a Budapest act to Broadway, meet Irving Berlin, later tour Paris, gamble big at Hammerstein’s, and aim to run a George White show while rebuilding careers with Isabel Jason and Lucille Cavanaugh.
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Dolly Sisters
Bowery
Benny Ryan
Steve Brodie
Henderson’s
Coney Island
Liae
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Charles
Dillingham
Hungary
the Bowery
Broadway
Rosy
George White
Roszika Dolly
Swifty White
Mike
Pell Street
Irving Berlin
Irving
Paris
Olympia Theatre
Ball
Rosy Dolly
New York
Hammerstein's
Victoria
George
Isabel Jason
Lucille Cavanaugh
Palace
Capitol
Vaudeville
Raig
Jenny Polly
Oxi
Bacca
Chicago
San Francisco
Isabel