Lustig, David J. (La Vellma) and Robert W. Doidge: Vaudeville Ventriloquism ©1920 Robert W. Doidge, MA Softcover, saddle-stitched, 6x9", 29 pages plus ads

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Comments: The Practical Treatise on the Art of Ventriloquism

Contents (from book):

3 Preface
5 Foreword
7 Vaudeville Ventriloquism Lesson One
7 - Exercise A
8 Lesson Two: pronouncing difficult letters
8 - Exercise B
8 Lesson Three: short sentences
8 - Exercise C
9 Lesson Four: from the stomach
9 - Exercise D
9 Lesson Five: Working with the Dummy
10 Lesson Six: voices
10 Lesson Seven: advice
11 Lesson Eight: effects
11 Lesson Nine: staging
12 Lesson Ten: requirements
12 Ventriloquial Afterthoughts: essay
15 Supplement: gags
15 Dialogue Jottings: short jokes
17 A Suggestion
17 But Did It?: a poem
18 Life is Like a Bubble or a Little Puff of Smoke
18 Just Thinking: another
19 The Gambler: and another
20 Ventriloquial Dialouge (David J. Lustig): a full act
23 Vaudeville Ventriloquial Act (David J. Lustig): another act
29 Ventriloquism by Mechanical Means
30 Advertisements: to page 33