| It was fertilized by blues, gospel, string-band hoedowns, Appalachian balladry, work songs, and vaudeville hokum. |
| Italian theaters and music halls, for example, largely gave way to vaudeville, nickelodeons, organized sports, and radio programming. |
| The radio personalities and vaudeville comedians brought their heightened creativity to the medium and it finally gained a wide audience. |
| Most mandolinists did not play for classical music audiences but rather played in noisy vaudeville acts. |
| Shown infrequently at first, movies earned a regular place on Ontario vaudeville show bills over the next 10 years. |
| Adding drama to the downtown scene are the melodramas and vaudeville revues presented at the Gaslighter Theater. |
