What’s New

April 12, 2018

Leitzel Gets Married

Added a great new photo of Alexis Sousloff, courtesy of a great new website: Lost Vaudeville

 

May 7, 2017

Boots and Jerry

Leitzel’s beloved pets

 

February 6, 2017

Kids

Leitzel and the children who traveled with the circus

 

November 16, 2016

Quotes of Leitzel

New quote added

 

November 14, 2016

Islington World’s Fair Leamy Ladies Poster

A rare poster advertising the Leamy Ladies

 

October 29, 2016

Temperament

Leitzel’s most famous character attribute

 

October 3, 2016

Zoe Saves the Day at Luna Park

Leitzel’s mother rescues a worker blacked out on the tower at Luna Park

 

August 21, 2016

Newspapermen and Newspaperwomen

Leitzel’s legendary relations with the press

 

July 2, 2016

Orpheum Caricatures

Caricatures connected with Leitzel’s appearances in vaudeville

 

June 4, 2016

Twitter Feed

Check out Leitzel’s Twitter Feed

 

May 15, 2016

Winters Overseas and the Death of Lillian Leitzel

Leitzel’s travels and her death in Copenhagen

 

April 16, 2016

Gran Circo Codona

Leitzel and Codona’s disastrous foray into winter circus production

 

March 20, 2016

Charles Ringling

Leitzel’s champion among the Brothers

 

February 29, 2016

Quotes of Leitzel

Leitzel in her own words

 

February 19, 2016

Alfredo Codona

Leitzel’s great love

 

January 31, 2016

Hippodrome Program Page Featuring Leitzel

A page from a 1925 New York Hippodrome program featuring Leitzel

 

January 19, 2016

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1931 is added to the chronology

 

January 15, 2016

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1930 is added to the chronology

 

January 8, 2016

Quotes

Some thoughts about Leitzel

 

January 5, 2016

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1929 is added to the chronology

 

December 31, 2015

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1928 is added to the chronology

 

December 24, 2015

John Ringling

Leitzel’s Boss

 

December 15, 2015

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1927 is added to the chronology

 

December 9, 2015

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1926 is added to the chronology

 

December 5, 2015

A Famous Friendship Forged at the Circus

A tale of the circus

 

November 24, 2015

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1925 is added to the chronology

 

November 20, 2015

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1924 is added to the chronology

 

November 17, 2015

A Fan in the White House

First Lady Grace Coolidge was one of Leitzel’s most ardent admirers

 

November 15, 2015

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1923 is added to the chronology

 

November 12, 2015

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1922 is added to the chronology

 

November 9, 2015

Clyde Ingalls

Leitzel’s second husband

 

November 7, 2015

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1921 is added to the chronology

 

November 5, 2015

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1920 is added to the chronology

 

November 4, 2015

The American Circus in the Jazz Age

The circus when Leitzel ruled the center ring

 

October 25, 2015

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1919 is added to the chronology

 

October 22, 2015

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1918 is added to the chronology

 

October 19, 2015

A Brief Bare Bones Biography

A no frills Leitzel Biography

 

October 15, 2015

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1917 is added to the chronology

 

October 12, 2015

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

The year 1916 is added to the chronology

 

October 11, 2015

Leitzel and the War Effort

Leitzel does her part as only she can

 

October 7, 2015

Leitzel Solo Professional Chronology

A chronology of Leitzel’s professional career as a solo artist, broken down by year

 

October 5, 2015

Leitzel and Jeanette Chronology

A week by week breakdown of the appearances of Leitzel and Jeanette

 

October 3, 2015

Leamy Troupe Chronology

1909, 1910 and 1911 complete the Chronology

 

October 1, 2015

Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic

Ziegfeld’s fabulous after-hours entertainment revue

 

September 29, 2015

Leamy Troupe Chronology

1908, the first year the Leamy Ladies appeared with Barnum & Bailey, added to the Chronology

 

September 28, 2015

Leitzel’s Act

What Leitzel did in the center ring

 

September 27, 2015

Leamy Troupe Chronology

The years 1906 and 1907 added to the Chronology

 

September 26, 2015

Madison Square Garden 1917

A myth examined

 

September 25, 2015

Leamy Troupe Chronology

The years 1903, 1904 and 1905 added to the Chronology

 

September 24, 2015

A Star from the Start

Leitzel joins the Ringling Brothers’ Circus in 1915

 

September 19, 2015

Leamy Troupe Chronology

The year 1902 added to the Chronology

 

September 18, 2015

Leamy Troupe Chronology

The year 1901 added to the Chronology

 

September 17, 2015

Discovered in South Bend

Leitzel is brought to the attention of the Ringling Brothers

 

September 16, 2015

Leamy Troupe Chronology

The year 1900 added to the Chronology

 

September 15, 2015

Edward J. Leamy

The man who managed and lent his name to the act in which Leitzel made her debut

 

September 13, 2015

Leamy Troupe Chronology

The year 1899 added to the Chronology

 

September 9, 2015

Leamy Troupe Chronology

The year 1898 added to the Chronology

 

September 7, 2015

Leitzel Sisters Chronology

A week by week breakdown of the Leitzel Sisters appearances

 

September 6, 2015

Leitzel Gets Married

Leitzel’s first trip to the altar

 

September 4, 2015

The Leitzel Sisters and Leitzel and Jeanette

With a partner, Leitzel gives Vaudeville a try

 

September 3, 2015

Leamy Troupe Chronology

The year 1897 added to the Chronology

 

September 2, 2015

Program from 1905 Leamy troupe Engagement

A program from Leitzel’s earliest appearance as a permanent member of the Leamy Troupe

 

September 1, 2015

Leamy Troupe Chronology

The year 1896 added to the Chronology

 

August 31, 2015

Leitzel’s Mother

A Brief Bio

 

August 30, 2015

Leamy Troupe Chronology

The year 1895 added to the Chronology

 

August 29, 2015

1911

Exploring a Mystery

 

Leamy Troupe Chronology

The Chronology begins with the year 1894

 

August 28, 2015

The Vaidis Sisters

Before the Leamy Ladies, Edward Leamy scored a big hit with the Vaidis Sisters

 

August 27, 2015

The Revolving Trapeze

Images of the Revolving Trapeze on which the Leamy Ladies performed

 

August 26, 2015

1-2-1891

Just a couple of paragraphs about Leitzel’s birth and early childhood

 

The Leamy Ladies

The Act in which Leitzel made her professional debut