Today is the birthday of Jack Osterman (1902-1939). His mother had been an operetta star; his father a publicist and company manager. His first major show was Jerome Kern’s Oh, Boy (1917). Billed as “Broadway’s Bad Boy” and “Broadway’s Playboy”, Osterman’s heyday as a vaudeville headliner and Broadway star peaked around the mid 1920s. A comedian/singer [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:02AM on April 8, 2013