Sunday, January 8, 2012

Bothwell Bruhn


Noted turn of the last century Vaudeville female impersonator Walter Bothwell Bruhn, (March 7, 1877 to December 12, 1947 ) known on the stage as Bothwell Browne in four post cards of the era.
Two of the cards come from promotions for a 1911 play by the title Miss Jack, about a collage student forced to play at being a woman, with no doubt comic results.  The production however was a flop, with critics of the time tearing it to shreds as being a sight that did not belong on  Broadway.
In 1919 he also starred in two films Yankee Doodle in Berlin and Among Those Present.

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