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Jimmy Savo
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Main page Jimmy Savo (1895[1] – September 5, 1960) was an American

Contents Vaudeville, Broadway, nightclub, film and television performer,
Current events comedian, juggler, and mime artist.
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Upload file Born in New York City as James Vincent Savo on July 31, 1892, Savo began his career as a juggler in amateur
contests and went on to the burlesque circuit and then Broadway. In 1938, he originated the role of "Dromio of
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Syracuse" in The Boys from Syracuse.
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Related changes Savo also starred in "Once In A Blue Moon," (1935) written by Ben Hecht and Charles Macarthur. The film
Special pages was not a success, costing Paramount pictures $350,000.
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Page information In 1942 Isidore Herk and the Shubert brothers co-produced a Broadway show called Wine, Women and Song,
Cite this page starring Jimmy Savo and Margie Hart. The show was advertised as a combination of vaudeville, burlesque and
Wikidata item Broadway revue, and ran for seven weeks.[2] The revue included striptease, which shocked some of the
audiences.[3] Wine, Women and Song was closed by court order in December 1942.[4]
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Savo was the author of two books: Little World, Hello! (1947) and I Bow to the Stones; Memories of a New York
Childhood (1963).
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He died in Terni, Italy in 1960.
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‫ﻣﺻرى‬ References [edit]
Edit links 1. ^ Cullen, Frank, Florence Hackman, and Donald McNeilly. Vaudeville, Old & New: An Encyclopedia of Variety
Performers in America. New York: Routledge, 2007. Pg. 993
2. ^ Stewart, Donald Travis (2014). "Barons of Burlesque: Isidore H. "Izzie" Herk" . Retrieved 2014-05-24.
3. ^ Shteir, Rachel (2004-11-01). Striptease : The Untold History of the Girlie Show: The Untold History of the Girlie
Show . Oxford University Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-19-802935-9. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
4. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc (15 July 1944). "Isadore H. Herk" . Billboard: 31. Retrieved 2014-05-24.

Further reading [edit]

"Jimmy Savo Dead; Comedian was 64" The New York Times September 7, 1960
"Jimmy Savo (New York 31 luglio 1892 - Guardea 3 settembre 1960); sposato con Frances Victoria Browder,
divorziato nel 1935, figli: Jimmy Vincent Savo Junior, sposato in seconde nozze con Farina Lina, Italia,
Guardea (Terni), senza figli.
"Jimmy Savo; di Famiglia Lucana originaria di Stigliano (Matera) al "secolo" Vincenzo Rocco Sava, abitò con
Farina Lina a Guardea (Terni) Italia nel Castello del Poggio e ad Amelia (Terni) Italia in Via Marcheggiani n.
26. Oggi abitazione "Della Rosa" Amelia (Terni). Referenze, fotografie e note in:
www.grupporicercafotografica.it/jimmysavo.htm.
Cullen, Frank, Florence Hackman, and Donald McNeilly. Vaudeville, Old & New: An Encyclopedia of Variety
Performers in America. New York: Routledge, 2007. Pg. 993
Schmucks with Underwoods," Max Wilk, (C) 2004 Applause Theatre and Cinema books

External links [edit]

Jimmy Savo at the Internet Broadway Database
Jimmy Savo on IMDb
 Jimmy Savo at American Museum of Vaudeville.com
Jimmy Savo http://www.grupporicercafotografica.it/jimmysavo.htm
Jimmy Savo http://www.jimmysavo.it
Jimmy Savo http://jimmysavo.altervista.org

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American male silent film actors American male comedians American male musical theatre actors
1895 births 1960 deaths Jugglers 20th-century American male actors
20th-century American comedians 20th-century American singers 20th-century male singers

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