John Tyrell: Contract Con Man at Columbia by Trav S.D.

Bronx native John Tyrrell (1900-1949) was only 16 when he went into vaudeville as part of the team Tyrrell and Mack, which performed dance routines and crosstalk, with Tyrrell taking the straight lines. Touring the circuits nationally led to engagements with touring units of George White's Scandals. By the early 1930s, vaudeville had died, making […]

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