Ota Gygi & Maryon Vadie

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Ota Gygi photo-postcard, 1910
Reverse side of Ota Gygi photo-postcard, 1910
Maryon Vadie, 1915
Maryon Vadie and Ota Gygi advertisement in the New York Clipper (precursor to VARIETY), 1917
New York Clipper advertisement for Maryon Vadie and Ota Gygi, August 22, 1917
New York Clipper review of appearance at The Palace of Maryon Vadie and Ota Gygi, August 22, 1917
October 1, 1918 Toto, Maryon Vadie and Ota Gygi, Frank Milton, DeLong Sisters, The Girl From Milwaukee, Julie Ring & Co., Keane & White, Milt Collins. Toto (the clown) appeared with his dog, Whiskey. He would later make comedy shorts with Hal Roach. The original Toto was then replaced with Stan Laurel (Laurel and Hardy).  Milt Collins was often described as imitator and one-act actor.  The Girl From Milwaukee was a contralto singer. She toured the country, without revealing her true identity.
Maryon Vadie (bottom left corner) in the cast of “Cinderella on Broadway,” Winter Garden Theater, New York. Des Moines Register, July 11, 1920.
Maryon Vadie (center) in the cast of “Cinderella on Broadway,” Winter Garden Theater, New York. The Tatler Magazine, November, 1920, page 17.
Ota Gygi, Russian violinist, profiled in National Magazine, Vol. 48, pg. 493 & 495, 1920
Ota Gygi, Russian violinist, profiled in National Magazine, Vol. 48, pg. 493 & 495, 1920
Ota Gygi, violinist, photographed at prestigious Apeda Studio, 1921. From the Sayre Collection.
1922
Maryon Vadie, dancer and wife of violinist Ota Gygi, 1923
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1936

In 1935 Ota Gygi, onetime violinist to Alphonso XIII [King of Spain], emerged suddenly as a radio executive. He promoted the Amalgamated Broadcasting System, which had Ed Wynn as its president and only a few weeks of active life. Undismayed by this first failure, courtly, persuasive Mr. Gygi now pops up with another proposed broadcasting chain, this time with no less a font than Samuel Insull, hale and seventy-six.