Gus Hill

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Gus Hill ( Gustave Metz ; born February 22, 1858 in New York City , † April 20, 1937 there ) was an American vaudeville artist and producer.

Gus Hill performed as a wrestler in his youth and appeared as a juggler in Indian clubs . From the 1880s to the 1920s, he operated as a vaudeville organizer. The pieces he brought to the stage ranged from drama and musical comedy to vaudevilles ( Gud Hill's Novelties ) and burlesque ( Guss Hill's Aggregation and Gus Hill's Stars ). He also performed African American reviews and worked with African American troops such as Smart Set .

Around 1900 Hill was one of the founders of the Columbia Amusement Company ( Columbia Wheel ), an association of vaudeville managers and producers that included Sam A. Scribner , William S. Campbell , William S. Drew , John Herbert Mack , Harry Morris , L. Lawrence Weber and AH Woodhill belonged to. Vaudeville artists such as Weber & Fields , Montgomery & Stone and Eddie Cantor gained their first experiences in his shows. After the demise of Columbia Wheel, Hill switched to the production of cartoon theatricals , mostly musical adaptations of comic strips such as Mutt & Jeff and Bringing Up Father . The comedy McFadden's Row of Flats was filmed twice: in 1927 by Richard Wallace with Charles Murray , Chester Conklin and Edna Murphy and in 1935 by Ralph Murphy with Walter C. Kelly , Andy Clyde , Richard Cromwell and Jane Darwell .

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SURNAME Hill, Gus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Metz, Gustave
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American vaudeville artist and producer
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1937
Place of death New York City