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Eva Puck (November 25, 1892 – October 25, 1979) was a vaudeville headliner who later found success performing in Broadway musical comedies.〔 ==Early life== She was born in New York City, the middle of three children raised by Abraham and Lena (née Salmon) Puck.〔Passenger Manifest SS Haiti April 16, 1934〕〔California Death Index〕 There is some question about the family surname being Puck or Salmon, both were used in early press articles. Little is known of her mother who came to America from Poland in 1874 or her English father who immigrated in 1882. They married in 1887〔1900 US Census Records〕 and by 1899 had Eva and her older brother Harry performing in a vaudeville song and dance act known as the Two Little Pucks.〔Chicago Tribune - Jan 8, 1899〕〔(The Two Little Pucks, New York Public Library Digital Gallery )〕〔(Eva JScholarship )〕 On May 10, 1903, police raided the Trocadero Music Hall in Manhattan’s Fort George district where the Puck children were performing as headliners and arrested their parents and the theater manager, Freeman Bernstein. They were charged with a violation of Section 289 of the Penal Code in unlawfully consenting to the employment, and in the employment, of minors in a theatrical exhibition. The investigators were concerned over the hours that Eva and her brother were keeping and also found the Trocadero an unsuitable environment for children with patrons smoking and consuming alcohol. The three were later brought to trial in the Court of Special Sessions, and found guilty. The judge, in passing sentence said, in part: "We cannot resist the conviction that these parents have been living largely upon the earnings of these children, which amount from $125 to $150 per month. Now, this sort of business cannot be continued or permitted, and if these defendants come before this Court again the punishment will be more drastic.” Her father was fined $100, or thirty days jail time; and her mother $25, or fifteen days in the City Prison. Bernstein was fined $50.〔Annual report By New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children 1901-1904〕 For the next few years the Two Little Pucks continued to perform at venues outside New York and later, as they entered their teens, toured as Eva and Harry Puck until disbanding sometime around 1918. Harry went on to be a successful choreographer, composer, songwriter and music publisher while Eva remained in vaudeville soon teaming up with her future husband, song and dance comedian Sammy White (1894-1960).〔(The Papers of Will Rogers: From Vaudeville to Broadway )〕〔(The New York Times January 29, 1964 )〕 Their younger brother, Laurence "Larry" Puck, became a radio and television producer and general manager of Unicorn Productions Inc., a subsidiary of CBS.〔(The New York Times November 5, 1952 )〕 He later married Mable Withee, a singer and dancer active on Broadway over the 1920s.〔The New York Times November 4, 1952〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eva Puck」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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