Description: Betsy's Backyard Follies. Vaudeville entertainment from the 30's and 40's.
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Welcome to the Backyard Follies The BACKYARD FOLLIES musical revue opened in 1945 in a tiny town in Pennsylvania in my Aunt Mabel's backyard. I would make up shows, produce and direct them myself, so of course I was always the star. I collected bits and pieces of things that I found in an old trunk in the attic, dressed up in them and pretended to be all of the fascinating people I could think of - Claudette Colbert, Carmen Miranda, Charlie Chaplin - I played them all. The show was called the BACKYARD FOLLI