Smith and Dale papers, additions 1898-1987 1920-1978

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Smith and Dale papers, additions 1898-1987 1920-1978

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Joe Smith and Charlie Dale were a well-known vaudeville duo known as Smith and Dale who performed around the United States for over seventy years. The collection contains an extensive run of scripts for Smith and Dale sketches, material reflecting the later life and career of Joe Smith following Charlie Dale's death, and early material relating to their other comedy team The Avon Comedy Four.

3.86 linear feet; 10 boxes

The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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Smith and Dale

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Smith and Dale were a well-known vaudeville duo who performed together for over seventy years. Joe Smith was born as Joseph Sultzer on February 16, 1884 and Charlie Dale was born as Charles Marks on September 6, 1881. Both men were born in New York City. They met in December of 1898 after getting in an accident while riding bicycles. Both boys had rented bikes from the same shop and they brought they bikes back to the shop bickering with each other all the way. The shop owner told t...

Dale, Charlie, 1881-

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Smith, Joe, 1884-1981

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The comedy team of Smith and Dale, composed of partners, Joe Smith (real name, Joseph Sultzer, 1884-1981) and Charlie Dale (real name, Charles Marks, 1881-1971) became one of vaudeville's most famous and successful acts, later translating many of their most popular sketches to other media and serving as a source of inspiration for Neil Simon's play, The Sunshine Boys. The two first met as teenagers in New York City in 1898 and would remain a team for the next seventy-thr...

Avon Comedy Four

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