 Comedies of the new era adopted many of the dramatic and musical tropes of classic vaudeville acts.Film comedies of the 1920s through the 1940s used talent from the vaudeville stage and followed a vaudeville aesthetic of variety entertainment, both in Hollywood and in Asia, including China.The rich repertoire of the vaudeville tradition was mined for prominent prime-time radio variety shows such as "The Rudy Vallée Show".