Mayme Gehrue Explained

Mayme Gehrue
Birth Date:c. 1880
Birth Place:Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Nationality:American
Other Names:May Gehrue
Mame Gehrue
Mamie Gehrue
Mayme Gehrue Ford
Mayme Gerhue
Known For:Musical theatre, Vaudeville
Spouse:Johnny Ford (divorced)

Mayme Gehrue (born c. 1880,[1] [2] died after May 1929[3]) was an American actress and dancer in musical theatre, vaudeville, and silent film.

Early life

Gehrue was born in Louisville, Kentucky.[4] The date 1883 is often given for her birth,[5] but is questionable, considering that she was touring in shows by the mid-1890s. She was in a touring dance act as a teen, with her sister Daisy Gehrue, before Daisy married.[6] [7]

Career

Gehrue appeared on Broadway in Little Red Riding Hood (1900), The Casino Girl (1900),[8] Nell-Go-In (1900), The Giddy Throng (1901), The King's Carnival (1901), Hoity Toity (1901–1902), Lovers and Lunatics (1906),[9] The Deacon and the Lady (1910),[10] and The Opera Ball (1912). She also toured with The Ford Dancers,[11] [12] as "the Yama-Yama Girl" in Three Twins (1910–1911),[13] [14] and in Topsy and Eva (1923), a musical comedy based on Uncle Tom's Cabin.[15] She was frequently on the vaudeville stage[16] well into the late 1920s,[17] [18] in the United States and abroad, including a tour in Australia; "to-day she is recognized as one of America's foremost dancing comediennes," noted a 1909 report.[19]

Gehrue appeared in two silent films, The Fable of the Galloping Pilgrim Who Kept on Galloping (1915, short)[20] and Above the Abyss (1915). She wrote the lyrics to several World War I-era songs, including "I'm Leaving France for my Old Kentucky Home",[21] "I Wish to Wed a Sammy",[22] "Military Band",[23] "The Man of the Hour", "Dear Little Jessamine",[24] "Over in Spain", and "Back Down South",[25] all with music by Victor Hammond.

Personal life

Gehrue recommended buttermilk, meat, and no corsets for a healthy physique.[26] She married[27] and divorced her vaudeville dance partner[28] Johnny Ford (he later married and divorced vaudeville star Eva Tanguay).[29]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Theatrical. August 31, 1897. The Pittsburgh Press. May 6, 2019. 4. Newspapers.com.
  2. News: The Stage. November 20, 1898. The Pittsburg Post. May 6, 2019. 15. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Enjoyable Bill Now at Theatre. June 3, 1929. The Mansfield News. May 6, 2019. 7. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: She's a Real Southern Girl. February 7, 1928. The Indianapolis Star. May 6, 2019. 10. Newspapers.com.
  5. Book: Who's who in Music and Drama. Gehrue Louisville.. Hines. Dixie. Hanaford. Harry Prescott. 1914. H.P. Hanaford. 131. en.
  6. July 1911. Turning Back Time's Pages. The Green Book Magazine. 6. 155.
  7. Web site: Schiller Theatre, Little Robinson Crusoe (June 15, 1895). digital.chipublib.org. en. 2019-05-06.
  8. Book: Franceschina, John. Harry B. Smith: Dean of American Librettists. 2004. Routledge. 9781135949082. 125. en.
  9. Book: Stubblebine, Donald J.. Early Broadway Sheet Music: A Comprehensive Listing of Published Music from Broadway and Other Stage Shows, 1843–1918. 2010-08-11. McFarland. 9780786447053. 140. en.
  10. November 1910. At the Playhouse. The Theatre. 12. x. Thorold. W. J.. Hornblow, Jr.. Arthur. Maxwell. Perriton. Beach. Stewart.
  11. Book: Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. Cullen. Frank. Hackman. Florence. McNeilly. Donald. 2007. Psychology Press. 9780415938532. 397. en.
  12. January 15, 1921. Orpheum. The Independent. 44. 9.
  13. News: A Ghost Story. February 18, 1910. The Buffalo Commercial. May 6, 2019. 8. Newspapers.com.
  14. February 1, 1921. Orpheum Talks. Western Magazine. 17. vi.
  15. Web site: Review of Duncan Sisters. Donaghey. Frederick. December 31, 1923. utc.iath.virginia.edu. 2019-05-06.
  16. News: Mayme Gehrue Makes Hit at the Broadway. February 10, 1914. Camden Post-Telegram. May 6, 2019. 5. Newspapers.com.
  17. News: Palace: Vaudeville and Pictures. May 30, 1926. The Indianapolis Star. May 6, 2019. 26. Newspapers.com.
  18. News: Mayme Gehrue and Company at Colonial. December 5, 1927. Lebanon Daily News. May 6, 2019. 10. Newspapers.com.
  19. March 27, 1909. Miss Mayme Gehrue for Musical Comedy. The New York Star. 48.
  20. May 8, 1915. Brief Stories of the Week's Film Releases. Motography. 13. 759.
  21. Web site: I'm leaving France for my old Kentucky home. Library of Congress. 2019-05-06.
  22. Web site: I wish to wed a Sammy. Library of Congress. 2019-05-06.
  23. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/182689375?q&versionId=199023468 "Military Band"
  24. Book: Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. 1919. U.S. Government Printing Office. 57. en.
  25. Book: Library of Congress. Copyright Office.. Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1918 Music First Half of 1918 New Series Vol 13 Part 1. 1918. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.. United States Copyright Office. 96, 201. en.
  26. News: Mayme Gehrue Reveals Her Own Beauty Secrets. September 13, 1911. Detroit Free Press. May 6, 2019. 7. Newspapers.com.
  27. News: Mayme Gehrue Married. April 7, 1903. The Portsmouth Herald. May 6, 2019. 5. Newspapers.com.
  28. News: Orpheum Offers Good Bill. June 27, 1905. Los Angeles Herald. May 6, 2019. 3. Newspapers.com.
  29. Book: Erdman, Andrew L.. Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay. 2012-08-22. Cornell University Press. 9780801465284. 192. en.

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