Louise Dresser as the Immigrant Woman Mama Pleznik
Today is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #240, Louise Dresser (for more on her interesting story see here). She stars in this 1928 film about immigration A Ship Comes In as “Mama Pleznik”: To find out more about these variety artists and the history of vaudeville, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville [...]