Al Jolson Quote
“Maybe show business is getting to be a lost art. It used to be if a kid was hit at the theater when they had 'amateur night', a scout would see hima nd get him a break in burlesque, or in a medicine show, or the circus. Then if they had what it took he'd latch on in vaudeville. Finally maybe he'd be ready for Broadway in a musical for Ziegfeld or the Shuberts.”
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