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Sid Silvers

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Book WriterActor 1901–1976 On stage 1925–1932

Sid Silvers (January 16, 1901 in Brooklyn, New York – August 20, 1976 in Brooklyn) was an American actor, comedian, lyricist, and writer. Silvers began his career in vaudeville in the early 1920s as a comedy partner of Phil Baker. As part of their act, Silvers would heckle Baker from the audience. The Baker/Silvers act was later used as the basis for the 1951 Martin and Lewis film The Stooge. The duo continued to perform together up through 1928. In 1925 Silvers made his Broadway debut in the revue Artists and Models. He also appeared in the revue A Night in Spain in 1927 and contributed lyrics to the musicals The Song Writer (1928) and Pleasure Bound (1929). He wrote the book for the 1931 m…

On stage 2 productions, 7 years

1925 Artists and Models [1925] Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by J. J. Shubert 416 perf.
1932 Take A Chance Apollo Theatre · Original · directed by Edgar MacGregor 243 perf.

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In the literature5 passages

  • Music : Michael Brown, Dean Fuller, Irvin Graham, Murray Grand, Harold Karr, Paul Nassau, John Rox, Arthur Siegel, Sid Silvers, and Robert Stringerebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Jack Haley, Ethel Merman, Jack Whiting, Sid Silvers, June Knight, Mitzi Mayfair, Oscar Ragland, Robert Glecklerebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • B OOK : B. G. (Buddy) DeSylva and Laurence Schwab (additional dialogue by Sid Silvers)ebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • C AST : Jack Haley, Jack Whiting, Sid Silvers, Ethel Merman (as Wanda Brill), June Knight, Douglas Wood, Mitzi Mayfair, Robert Glecklerebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • Sid Silvers used to be “the man in the box” in Phil Baker’s vaudeville act. I think he was also Bottle on Mr. Baker’s radio show some years ago. Anyway, he was in the Army and was assigned to us at AFRS, and on his very first day he was told to report to the Music Department at Twentieth Century-Fox tomorrow morning at eight-thirty to han…ebooks/Willson, Meredith/And There I Stood with My Piccolo - Meredith Willson.txt

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