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	Williams, (Eg)Bert (Austin) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Williams, (Eg)Bert (Austin) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Williams was the first fl comic to record with Victor Records (starting in 1901) and was one of those behind the early all-fl musical In Dahomey (1902).
		Williams continued as a solo act and became the most celebrated fl actor on Broadway, appearing in the annual Ziegfield Follies many times between 1910 and 1919.
		He was the subject of Duke Ellington's ‘Portrait of Bert Williams’ (1940).
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Williams,+(Eg)Bert+(Austin) (322 words)

	Bert Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Williams was born Egbert Austin Williams on the island of Antigua, then part of the British West Indies.
		Bert Williams became one of Vaudeville's top artists, both as a solo performer and as part of the successful double-act "Williams and Walker" with partner George Walker.
		Bert Williams cylinder recordings, from the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bert_Williams (472 words)

	Bert Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Egbert Austin "Bert" Williams was once described by comedian W. Fields as the funniest man he had ever seen and the saddest he had ever known.
		With the production of "In Dahomey" Bert Williams was established as one of the leading comedians in the country, and he and Walker became the first internationally famous team of fl stars in American entertainment.
		Bert Williams, now working alone, received featured billings the early years and was a success but started appearing opposite such stars as Fannie Brice and Eddie Cantor.
	www.caljazzdance.com /bert.htm (511 words)

	Bert Williams: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Williams was born Egbert Austin Williams on the island of Antigua Antigua quick summary:
		Williams was also famous for his performances in flface flface quick summary:
		Blackface is a style of theatrical cosmeticsmakeup that originated in the united states, used to affect the countenance of an iconic, racismracist, american...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/bert_williams.htm (1056 words)

	CHW Masonic Research Society
		Egbert Austin Williams better known as Bert Williams was a legendary comedian, considered by many one of the greatest vaudeville performers in the history of the American stage which spanned more than two decades and just as momentous a Master Mason of Edinburgh Scotland.
		Bert Williams was born in Antigua, West Indies on November 12, 1874.
		As Williams continued to perform on the streets of San Francisco he was given the opportunity to join Lew Johnson's minstrel tour of lumber camps in 1893 which conducted performances between San Francisco and Eureeka.
	www.hariam.org /CHWR/bertw.html (2074 words)

	Welcome to BlackLiterature.com
		At the point in the novel that you refer to, Bert and Lottie are in love, and their ‘progress' as a couple is not going to be railroaded by anything, including this potentially hazardous obstacle.
		Early in his career, Bert Williams made the decision to wear cork on his face and play “a shuffling, dull-witted, clumsy, watermelon-eating Negro of questionable intelligence.” (p35) He considers it his stage make-up and what he needs to wear in order to give the white theatre-goers the character they want to see.
		Bert Williams was on stage at a time when the Ellis Island was throbbing with activity.
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	Broadway: The American Musical . Stars Over Broadway . Bert Williams \| PBS
		W. Fields, star of the silent screen, called Bert Williams "the funniest man I ever saw and the saddest." As a central figure on America's vaudeville circuit, Williams sang, danced, and pantomimed in clubs, cabarets, and theaters across the country.
		Williams was born in New Providence, Nassau, in the British West Indies, in 1874.
		In 1910 Florenz Ziegfeld hired Williams to be one of the stars of "The Ziegfeld Follies." He performed in the "Follies" almost continually, and his national popularity and fame grew.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/broadway/stars/williams_b.html (629 words)

	Jass.com: Bert Williams & George Walker
		William's voice, on the other hand, was strong, and the recordings he made over the next 20 years created a legacy of his comedic genius.
		Williams accepted and commissioned the African-American composer Will Vodery to write his songs, an association which paved the way for Vodery's engagement as arranger for the Follies from 1913 to the late 1920s.
		Williams achieved great success performing in many of the Follies' productions, making as much money as the president of the United States by playing a character that could best be described as the fl counterpart to Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp.
	www.jass.com /w&w.html (1270 words)

	BIOGRAPH The oldest movie company in America Bert Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Egbert Austin Williams was born in Antigua in 1875.
		Bert had developed a particular interest in the mannerisms of a certain type of peasants while in Antigua.
		Bert continued on working alone and later joined the Ziegfeld Follies.
	www.biographcompany.com /celebrity/williams.html (381 words)

	Fan The Flame by Leonard Tim Hector (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bert Williams was born on November 12, 1875, in the village of Swetes, Antigua and Barbuda.
		That Bert Williams was actor, singer, composer, and the first fl Director on stage and in film in the United States, when racism was perhaps at its worst, tells of his tremendous abilities.
		Bert Williams has been criticised for his work in "flface" which it is said projected the racist stereotype.
	www.candw.ag /~jardinea/ffhtm/ff000915.htm (2653 words)

	Bert Williams, The Middle years, 1910-1918 / His Final Releases, 1919-1922 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On most, Williams is billed as "comedian with orchestra accompaniment," although several list him as "baritone with orchestra accompaniment" and a few as solo baritone or solo comedian.
		Williams has a beautiful baritone, although it's not particularly strong and certainly not of the professional quality that was required in those days to be considered a serious artist.
		These Archeophone Bert Williams discs are a treasure trove of Americana and a heartfelt tribute to a neglected entertainer.
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/CD_bertwilliams_omni.html (718 words)

	Southpinellas: Gulfport to honor mayors with renamed pier
		Bert Williams, 87, served as mayor from 1987 to 1991 after serving as a Council member for 12 years.
		Walter Williams, who died in 1957 at age 70, served the city for 20 years and was mayor from 1946 to 1948.
		Burke remembered he went out to lunch with Williams to see what the mayor was like, and Burke came away with an indelible impression of the mayor's care for the city.
	www.sptimes.com /News/012101/news_pf/SouthPinellas/Gulfport_to_honor_may.shtml (289 words)

	Southpinellas: Ex-Mayor 'Bert' Williams dies
		Williams, who died Sunday (Sept. 1, 2002) at 89, said controlling Gulfport's growth was his top priority during his time in office.
		A native of St. Petersburg and graduate of St. Petersburg High School, Henry "Bert" Williams grew up to follow in the footsteps of his father, Capt. Walter Williams, who was mayor from 1946 to 1948.
		Williams, a retired service manager for Johnstone Bros. Fuel Co., was a member of the Gulfport Historical Society.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/09/04/SouthPinellas/Ex_Mayor__Bert__Willi.shtml (546 words)

	Caryl Phillips \| Author and Playwright \| Official Web Site
		Dancing in the Dark reimagines the remarkable, tragic, little-known life of Bert Williams (1874—1922), the first fl entertainer in the United States to reach the highest levels of fame and fortune.
		Williams was a man of great intelligence, elegance, and dignity, but the barriers he broke down onstage continued to bear heavily on his personal life, and the contradictions between the man he was and the character he played were increasingly irreconcilable for him.
		For more information on the music of Bert Williams and the acoustic era of recording, contact Richard Martin or Meagan Hennessey at Archeophone Records, 217.469.7331 or e-mail sales@archeophone.com.
	www.carylphillips.com /content.php?page=ditd&n=4&f=2 (348 words)

	Bert Williams
		The fl vaudevillian Bert Williams was one of the early masters.
		Williams shows us that Poe's verse is poetic dialect, and beats the master at the gloom and pity game.
		Williams knew all the dimensions of the human voice, how it reveals not only class and ethnicity but our fantasies about them, too.
	www.uwm.edu /People/wash/bertwilliams.htm (1048 words)

	African American Registry: Actor and comedic pioneer, Bert Williams... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Williams was an African-American comedian who portrayed the slow-witted, shuffling Black man that was then a standard role in vaudeville.
		After Walker's death in 1909, Williams became a regular comic in the shows of Florenz Ziegfeld, starring in the Follies from 1910 through 1919 and writing much of his own material.
		Bert Williams died March 4, 1922 in New York City.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/326/Actor_and_comedic_pioneer_Bert_Williams (205 words)

	Songwriters Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		While Williams and Walker had a couple more hit recordings, Bert Williams' solo performances were soon eclipsing them and by 1910, Williams had become one of the country’s most popular comedians and singers in the country.
		Williams and Walker continued to be successful on Broadway as a team, but by 1907 George Walker was becoming too ill from syphilis to continue performing, (he died in 1911).
		One of the giants of the era, Bert Williams died on March 4, 1922 in New York City.
	www.songwritershalloffame.org /artist_bio.asp?artistId=73 (343 words)

	Amazon.com: Dancing in the Dark: Books: Caryl Phillips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Williams was the first fl performer to don flface and was a master, with partner George Walker, of the cakewalk.
		Because Williams and Walker are distanced from each other, their wives, and most of the people they work with, however, they are not protagonists with whom the reader will easily identify.
		Williams immigrates to America from the West Indies at an early age and takes to the stage in an effort to sharpen his talents and support himself.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400043964?v=glance (3610 words)

	Bert Williams : The Early Years 1901-1909 - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This remarkable CD has the first recordings of Bert Williams, the fl comedian/actor/singer who was a pioneer in vaudeville and Broadway.
		The last of three Williams' CDs to be released by Archeophone but chronologically the first, this disc has extremely rare recordings (some taken from cylinders) that feature Williams during two different bursts of recording activity.
		The remainder of this collection is from 1906 and, other than Williams and Walker's "Pretty Desdamone," all of the performances are solos by Bert Williams.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,3098507,00.html (411 words)

	KnoxNews: Columnists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Not many people will recognize the name of Bert Williams, but he was one of the most famous fl men of his time.
		Williams and Walker introduced the cakewalk to the royals, and it became the social rage of Europe.
		There is a striking photograph of Williams in an elaborate rooster costume, which apparently was one of his signature routines.
	www.knoxnews.com /kns/opinion_columnists/article/0,1406,KNS_364_4327618,00.html (702 words)

	About Bert Williams & Sons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Herbert A. Williams, the eldest son, became the head of operations and Arthur E. Williams as a machinist.
		Bert Williams and Sons, Inc. gradually changed starting in 1986 from a large jobber to a Heavy Duty Warehouse Distributer in 1988.
		Bert Williams and Sons, Inc. opened their first branch Heavy Duty Parts store in Fairfield in May 1995.
	www.napanet.net /~bwshd/about.html (220 words)

	A comic genius lost under his blackface
		If in some ways Williams was a prototype of fl capitalist empowerment, of the sort fabulously realized today by Diddy and Oprah Winfrey, in others he embodied the direst effects of racism.
		When Williams dares to make a movie in which he appeared without his face corked, playing a character other than the pitiable darkie, the audience members at the premiere were so displeased that they rioted in the theater.
		Bert Williams' place in the cultural history of the United States is essential for the stark relief in which it places some of our most persistent dilemmas about race, entertainment and identity in our national life.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/25/RVGPHEOKMH1.DTL&type=books (810 words)

	BERT WILLIAMS, THE JACKIE ROBINSON OF THE AMERICAN THEATER
		Although relatively unknown today, Bert Williams was the first fl performer to appear in white musical shows.
		One account states that Egbert Austin Williams was born in Antigua, the West Indies in 1875, and that his family emigrated from the West Indies to Riverside, California, in 1885.
		Williams emerged as the comedian of the team when his makeup ran down his face in streaks.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/live_and_on_stage/92172 (679 words)

	Catalogue » Bert Williams: His Final Releases, 1919-1922
		With Bert Williams: His Final Releases, 1919-1922, these sides are finally available in chrononological order on a commercial reissue.
		Lawdy,” from Williams’ earliest sessions in 1919 and ending with “Not Lately”—recorded a mere three days before the star’s collapse on a Detroit stage—no other CD gives you all 24 of Bert’s final releases, sequenced in the order they were recorded.
		Interest in Bert Williams has grown over the last few years, as television documentaries and college classrooms explore the importance of early African-American performers.
	www.archeophone.com /product_info.php?products_id=42 (490 words)

	Black Americana Vintage Record Bert Williams (Records & Music Of Black Americana) at An American Antique Adventure by ...
		Bert Williams 78 four record set in near mint condition.
		But as long as songs are sung, Bert Williams will be remembered as the humble comedian from the British West Indies who taught millions of Americans to laugh and kings to Cake Walk.
		This cut the vibrations of Bert's voice into a disc of soft wax previously heated so that it would take clear impressions of the lateral movements of the cutting jewel.
	www.tias.com /3073/PictPage/1922464988.html?mall=/stores/mopedd;itemKey=1922464988;store=/stores/mopedd;catId=vinyl;itemNo=504 (323 words)

	The New Yorker: The Critics: Books
		Bert Williams, largely forgotten today, was the first African-American star: the most famous “colored man” in America during the early years of the twentieth century.
		Williams and Walker have to respect this and simply strive to be the center of laughter, not the object of it.
		Williams may have attempted to cut the fool loose, three years after Walker’s death, when he made a short film titled “Darktown Jubilee.” The film does not survive, but accounts suggest that Williams took advantage of the newly intimate art form to make significant—and, to a white audience, extremely disturbing—changes in his act.
	www.newyorker.com /critics/books/articles/051212crbo_books (2760 words)

	Bert Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Egbert Austin Williams, the legendary comedian, is considered by many to be the greatest vaudeville performer in the history of the American stage.
		Bert Williams was one of the greatest pantomimists of all time.
		It was said that next to the stage his greatest interest was the history of Africa and of his people in America and the West Indies.
	www.duboislc.org /ShadesOfBlack/BertWms.html (520 words)

	The Development of an African-American Musical Theatre 1865-1910
		Williams and Walker's last musical together was the 1908 Bandana Land; Walker fell ill in 1909 and died in 1911.
		Williams went on to star in the Ziegfeld Follies for many years, and was the only African-American performer to appear in the show until many years later.
		(Sung by Bert Williams in the Ziegfeld Follies)
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/award97/rpbhtml/aasmsprs4.html (762 words)

	PBS VIDEOdatabase of America's History and Culture -- Chapters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Early performers - such as Bert Williams (the most successful fl performer of his era) and Thomas "Daddy" Rice had to appear in flface in order to gain access to a stage.
		Bert Williams and George Walker team up to become preeminent performers, albeit with the light-skinned Williams still in flface.
		Williams goes on to the Ziegfield Follies, becoming the highest-paid fl performer in the US - but losing autonomy and respect offstage.
	pbsvideodb.pbs.org /programs/all_chapters.asp?item_id=7147 (532 words)

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