Stella Hammerstein Hammerstein's widow, and a trust company with which the shares had been deposited as security for alimony payments to Oscar Hammerstein's first wife. On October 5, 1912, Hammerstein married Frederick Lionel Chester Keating, an attorney, in Jersey City. They were divorced in March 1920, and on April 1, 1920, she married Charles Fyles Pope, vice-president of the International Doll Association. Stella Hammerstein Stella Hammerstein was an American actress. She was sometimes billed as Stella Steele. Hammerstein was the daughter of Oscar Hammerstein I and Malvina Jacobi Hammerstein, both of whom initially opposed her going into show business as a profession.
Willie Hammerstein He was talented at promoting his shows, and was skilled at finding and booking profitable acts. The Victoria had been staging variety acts, plays and musicals. Willie Hammerstein started putting on popular low-brow vaudeville shows at low prices. He signed up stars and unknown new performers, celebrities of all types, physical freaks, illusionists and risqué exotic dancers. The highly varied programs drew large and often noisy audiences. Hammerstein ran the only vaudeville theater in Times Square, and had no other theatres. He was able to develop shows uniquely fitted to his local audience. The crowd at the Victoria like the