My uncle, Allen E. Hanson, was a projectionist at the Burbank in the late 40’s, when they still showed movies AND had live burlesque entertainment. My aunt would bring him his lunch and we’d watch the movie in the little seating area just outside the projection booth, then, when the live “comic” came on stage and before the first stripper came out my aunt would grab me by the arm and hustle me down the stairs to the street. (I was about 6 or 7, I think.) Never DID get to see Tempest Storm’s act until I took in the Palm Springs Follies a few years ago. She still looked pretty great!
My uncle, Allen E. Hanson, was a projectionist at the Burbank in the late 40’s, when they still showed movies AND had live burlesque entertainment. My aunt would bring him his lunch and we’d watch the movie in the little seating area just outside the projection booth, then, when the live “comic” came on stage and before the first stripper came out my aunt would grab me by the arm and hustle me down the stairs to the street. (I was about 6 or 7, I think.) Never DID get to see Tempest Storm’s act until I took in the Palm Springs Follies a few years ago. She still looked pretty great!