Hal Skelly: From Burlesque to the Big Beyond
Hal Skelly (James Harold Skelley, 1891-1934) was just beginning to cement his fame when he was prematurely taken by an accident. The Broadway and Hollywood star was raised in the midwest (western Pennsylvania, Iowa and Illinois) and ran away to be in show business at age 15, working as an acrobat, eccentric dancer and all around performer […]