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Not related to this thread at all but since I see you here I thought to ask. Did I read somewhere one time that you stated that your father was in vaudeville and used to play cards with George Burns? If so could you write about your father's career and post it sometime?
Thanks,

P.S. if I have you confused with someone else sorry about that.

[RLK]

Did I read somewhere one time that you stated that your father was in vaudeville and used to play cards with George Burns?

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He was in vaudville as a musician back in the days when Milton Berle was part of the Bennett and Berle kids dance act. My mother was a southern scotch-Irish woman who went to New York to become a model and dated Harvy Fireston briefly and a guy who was loosely connected with the outfit. First born Italian men and hot tempered Scotch-Irish women are too strong-willed to get along together. The Sicillians are nothing in hot temper and holding grudges next to Souther Scotch-Irish. At the age of 70 she could hit a pack of cigarettes at 150 feet with a single action pistol. It was a stand-off between her and just about everybody. But she did learn true Italian cooking from her associations.

My parents had associations with Gloria Swanson, who my mother almost duked out. They also had associations with George Burns and Gracie Allen, Paul Whitman, and Max Rosenbloom. My mother knocked Florenz Ziegfield on his ass. That ended her stage career. She had a right cross that was something to be feared. She was Miss Denver in the 1922 Miss America Beauty pagent. They knew of Texas Guinan. They'd both be over 100 if they were still alive.

I know a lot about the period, but not enough to write a book.

I have my mother's temperament and have had to fight it throughout my life.