"You can see a bit of the sign for Hollywood Magic there." I notice in the picture it says "Bert Wheeler Hollywood Magic." Was Bert Wheeler the founder or co-owner? I don't associate him with magic acts. Indeed, I thought he would have returned to the New York stage by that time(I understand Hollywo...

The heirs are drawing on "One Night in the Tropics" (1940) because it is the earliest movie to contain an [abbreviated] version of their famous routine. While you are correct that "The Naughty Nineties" (1945) version is more complete; the movie where Abbott and Costello hear themselves on the radio...

Long time reader, first-time poster; I could not resist. I also bend the rules as I go along. Banned Legs--after a censor cuts out scenes displaying the exposed limbs of the movie's many actresses, audiences are left with 10 minutes of Arthur Lake simpering. Voodoo Anne--neither incantations rendere...