Formation | June 14, 1908 |
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Dissolved | 1938 |
Type | Theatre group |
Purpose | Vaudeville, theater |
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Membership | Over 200 |
Website | actorscolony |
Actors' Colony was a community for theatrical and vaudeville performers conceived by C.S. "Pop" Ford and located in Bluffton, near Muskegon, Michigan and Lake Michigan. Originally called the Artists' Colony Club, and it was founded on June 14, 1908, with Joe Keaton, father of Buster Keaton, as president. Vaudevillians Paul Lucier, and William "Mush" Rawls were vice president and treasurer/secretary, respectively.
The Actors' Colony ended operations in 1938.