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Release Date: 1911-05Label: Edison Amberol Record
Vaudeville sketch"The piece opens with "Richard Chatterton," a stranded tragedian on New York's Rialto, who confesses that his name has appeared on more board bills than bill boards, reciting "On Union Square." Accosted by a street waif (Ada Jones), who insults his dignity by taking him for a motion picture actor "because he looks badly out of focus," he tells in pompous tones the dramatic (and deliciously funny) story of his disastrous starring (?) tours, punctuated by humorous interruptions on the part of the unimpressed waif, who at the conclusion sings the pointed comic song: "If You're Such a Great Star, Why Don't You Shine"?" From "The Edison Phonograph Monthly" Vol. IX, No. 3 (March 1911).