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Salem Tutt Whitney (1869 – 1934) and J. Homer Tutt (1882 – 1951), known collectively as the Tutt Brothers, were American vaudeville producers, writers, and performers of the late 19th and early 20th century. They were also known as Whitney & Tutt, Tutt & Whitney and the Whitney Brothers. They were prominent in black vaudeville and created over 40 revues for black audiences. BiographySalem Tutt Whitney was born on September 16, 1878 (some sources say he was born in 1876, and still others say 1869) in Logansport, Indiana[1], as was his brother J. Homer Tutt, who was born there on January 31, 1882. They referred to themselves as brothers, and may have been half-brothers.[3] Whitney originally intended to become a minister but later decided to become a performer, and left college. He attended the National School of Journalism and gained amateur experience in acting, comedy and writing. He married singer Emma Baynard (sister of William A. Baynard); she died at a young age in 1908.[2] From 1888 through 1905, the brothers performed in their traveling tent show called Silas Green from New Orleans.[7] The show, which ran until the 1940s, was bought by circus owner Eph Williams although the brothers never received payment.[7][9] They formed the Smart Set Company in the 1910s, possibly taken over from Sherman H. Dudley.[3][3] From 1910–1925 Whitney and Tutt produced more than 40 revues for black performers and audiences, writing and performing in the shows themselves.[3] Some of their performers found fame in their own right, including blues singer Mamie Smith who danced in the brothers' Smart Set as a teenager.[3][14] One of the Brothers' main productions was a musical farce called George Washington Bullion. Starring Whitney as a tobacco plantation owner, it was popular with audiences and ran for two decades.[9] Their musical Oh Joy! played on Broadway for four weeks.[9] It had originally starred Ethel Waters when performed in Boston, but when the only theatre space they could find in New York City was on a tennis court under a tent, Waters pulled out and was replaced by Ethel Williams.[3] Both of the brothers played in Marc Connelly's play The Green Pastures (1930).[9] They also acted in films including Birthright (1924), Marcus Garland (1925), The Broken Violin (1927), and A Daughter of the Congo (1930). Salem Tutt Whitney died in Chicago, February 12, 1934, and J. Homer Tutt died in Los Angeles, February 10, 1951.[3][4] Works
References1. ^ Floyd J. Calvin. "Salem Tutt Whitney Scores Poor Stage Facilities." Pittsburgh Courier, January 1, 1927, p. 13. [5][6][7][8]2. ^Peterson (2001), p. 21 3. ^In latter years, it was called The Smarter Set Company, possibly to avoid conflict with the publisher of the magazine The Smart Set. 4. ^"Salem Tutt Whitney, Veteran Actor, Dies in Chicago; Long Ill." New York Age, February 17, 1934. According to this obituary, S.T. Whitney was a native of Indiana. 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{Cite book | last = Cullen | first = Frank | last2 = Hackman | first2 = Florence | last3 = McNeilly | first3 = Donald | title = Vaudeville, Old and New | publisher = Routledge | year = 2007 | page = 1136 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XFnfnKg6BcAC&pg=PA1136 | isbn =0-415-93853-8}} 6. ^1 2 {{Cite book | last = Peterson | first = Bernard L. | title = Early Black American Playwrights and Dramatic Writers | publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group | year = 1990 | page = 9 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AVoKA98zFVgC&pg=PA9 | isbn = 0-313-26621-2}} 7. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite book | last = Hill | first = Errol | authorlink = Errol Hill | last2 = Hatch | first2 = James Vernon | title = A History of African American Theatre | publisher = Cambridge University Press | year = 2003 | pages = 209 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4ePerohXDIUC&pg=PA209 | isbn =0-521-62443-6}} 8. ^1 {{Citation | last = Oliver | first = Paul | author-link = Paul Oliver | title = Smith (née Robinson), Mamie | newspaper = The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition | publisher = Oxford University Press | date = | url = http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/J417000?q=mamie+smith&search=quick&pos=2&_start=1#firsthit | accessdate =April 22, 2010}} }} External links{{commons category|Tutt Brothers}}
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