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This chapter explores a few precedents for the emergence of stage prologues: vaudeville acts, illustrated songs, movie-theater stage sets, and fashion shows. It highlights the initial stage prologues produced by not only Samuel Rothapfel in New York and Sid Grauman in Los Angeles, but also Harold B. Franklin in Buffalo, S. Barret McClintock in Indianapolis, and Flossie A. Jones in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Stage prologues were widespread across the country, from movie theaters in metropolitan cities to, surprisingly, those in small towns. The named exhibitors all developed practices and characteristics of stage prologues: scene studios, elaborate stage sets, special lighting effects, and local performers. Most prologues harmonized with the following feature films shown on programs, but several were interpolated at crucial moments within a film.

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Premiering the Prologue

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    2025年

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  • Richard Abel

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This chapter explores a few precedents for the emergence of stage prologues: vaudeville acts, illustrated songs, movie-theater stage sets, and fashion shows. It highlights the initial stage prologues produced by not only Samuel Rothapfel in New York and Sid Grauman in Los Angeles, but also Harold B. Franklin in Buffalo, S. Barret McClintock in Indianapolis, and Flossie A. Jones in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Stage prologues were widespread across the country, from movie theaters in metropolitan cities to, surprisingly, those in small towns. The named exhibitors all developed practices and characteristics of stage prologues: scene studios, elaborate stage sets, special lighting effects, and local performers. Most prologues harmonized with the following feature films shown on programs, but several were interpolated at crucial moments within a film.