Talk of the value of entertainment to sustain people during times of war and economic uncertainty. Americans set aside their differences to unite during times of crises. Rousing patriotism, and the reasons behind the patriotism. However, as this is also a chronicle of the career of a Broadway legend from the 1880s until the beginning of World War II, there are two scenes involving minstrelsy, of white performers in "black face," including a scene in which a white family of performers is doing a song-and-dance routine in black face while speaking in exaggerated African American stereotypes.

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A producer pays performers a backstage visit and acts and speaks in a drunk manner. Beer drinking in a bar. Talk among vaudeville producers of getting the dog act drunk. Cigarette smoking.