Tuesday, February 8th, 1916 One of the most popular groups on the road show circuit was that of Clint and Bessie Robbins.

"The Robbins spent many years after their marriage in Vaudeville in New York and other eastern cities, this followed by musical comedy. Returning west they joined a stock company as a Vaudeville feature at Sioux City, Iowa, and while there developed their rag doll act. This gave them several successful seasons in Vaudeville circuits. They began their tours of South Dakota with the Chase-Lister company …The Robbins show had actors in their casts who later won fame in larger circuits, among them Lyle Talbot, later a successful movie actor and Bob Traut, an announcer for the National Broadcasting Company. The esteem in which the Robbins were held and the pleasure given by their performance is shown by the fact that they played the same towns every year for 20 years until they disbanded."
     (Lead Daily Call, Dec. 4, 1943)

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