• Isidore H. Herk (or Isadore, Izzy; 1882 – 5 July 1944) was a burlesque manager who played a major role in the evolution of this entertainment before World...
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  • League Baseball Big Herk (born 1969), pseudonym of Amery Dennard, American rapper Isidore Herk (1882–1944), American burlesque manager Herk (river), a small...
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    American burlesque circuit active from 1922 until 1931. Controlled by Isidore Herk, it quickly replaced its parent company and competitor, the Columbia...
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    September 1921 opening in New York. In April 1922, the Shuberts teamed with Isidore Herk and E. Thomas Beatty formed the Affiliated Theatres Corporation, which...
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  • office, and the Minskys and their rivals were closed again. In 1942 Isidore Herk and the Shubert brothers co-produced a Broadway show called Wine, Women...
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    appearances were in Reckless Living and Merry-Go-Round of 1938. In 1942 Isidore Herk and the Shubert brothers co-produced a Broadway show called Wine, Women...
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    Columbia put on respectable shows. Meanwhile, the Empire Wheel, headed by Isidore Herk, pushed the legal limits. Columbia responded by sometimes lowering its...
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    consolidated into the Columbia Amusement Company, headed by Scribner and Isidore Herk. The combined operation put on fairly clean shows, as had the Eastern...
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    "filth" of the houses, including displays of female nudity. On May 3, Isidore Herk, owner of the Gaiety Theatre in Times Square, proposed a compromise of...
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