Word: corbett
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...officials were William Shevlin, referee; W. F. Donovan and W. P. Corbett 1L., judges...
Lieut. William B. Corbett...
Prohibition is still a popular source for vaudeville quips. Last night at Keith's the billtoppers, Billy B. Van and James A. Corbett, had the house with both hands in their skit. "The Eighteenth Amendment", and Percy Bronson and Winnie Baldwin presented a one-act fantasy, picturing the effect of a bottle of scotch on the young man of 1971. Nor did others neglect the opportunity for occasional dry humor...
...Corbett is still the same old Jim, tall, well-tailored and wearing the same impenetrable face. He forms a perfect foil for the antics of his partner, his eloquent speech on the eighteenth amendment being completely lost in the gales of merriment aroused by the contortions of Van, as the latter attempts to tell his "red" joke...
...plot and have nothing whatsoever to do with one another, but which serve as a sort of continuous vaudeville that keeps the spectators highly amused. Besides the Messrs. Rock and Van, a large share of the entertainment must be credited to the huge, amiable figure of James J. Corbett; also Marie Walsh, Irving Edwards, Helen Eby, and Jay M. Regan. Two most captivating sisters, Irene and Bernice Hart, scored a decided hit with their "harmonizing," although their song program might be slightly shortened and varied to greater effect; West Avey and Dennis O'Neil were exceedingly funny in a clever...