The Vaudevillians
Author | : Anthony Slide |
Publisher | : Westport, Conn. : Arlington House |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
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Author | : Anthony Slide |
Publisher | : Westport, Conn. : Arlington House |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
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Author | : Bill Smith |
Publisher | : MacMillan Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
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Author | : Charles Guarinus |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 80 |
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ISBN | : 0578049848 |
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Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Books |
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Author | : Frank Cullen |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 1362 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Entertainers |
ISBN | : 0415938538 |
Author | : Michael J. Haupert |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2012-08-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
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This book serves as a one-stop source for comprehensive information on the entertainment industry, providing a historical overview of the economics of the field, a series of short biographies of the impact makers, and an extensive annotated bibliography of more sources for in-depth research. Entertainment Industry: A Reference Handbook casts the spotlight on the evolution of the entertainment industry over the entire span of the 20th century, covering everything from vaudeville to radio and from sports to television and movies. It explores how the entertainment industry stands apart from other high-dollar, big-business enterprises with regard to how its economy is sustained, and it serves as a handy source for more in-depth information that general readers will find fascinating. An extensive annotated bibliography guides reader through their research, while a historical overview of the economics of the industry, a series of short biographies of the impact makers in the industry, and sources of more current information makes this work essential reading for anyone seeking comprehensive and specific information about the entertainment industry.
Author | : Anthony Slide |
Publisher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Total Pages | : 649 |
Release | : 2012-03-12 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1617032506 |
The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville provides a unique record of what was once America's preeminent form of popular entertainment from the late 1800s through the early 1930s. It includes entries not only on the entertainers themselves, but also on those who worked behind the scenes, the theatres, genres, and historical terms. Entries on individual vaudevillians include biographical information, samplings of routines and, often, commentary by the performers. Many former vaudevillians were interviewed for the book, including Milton Berle, Block and Sully, Kitty Doner, Fifi D'Orsay, Nick Lucas, Ken Murray, Fayard Nicholas, Olga Petrova, Rose Marie, Arthur Tracy, and Rudy Vallee. Where appropriate, entries also include bibliographies. The volume concludes with a guide to vaudeville resources and a general bibliography. Aside from its reference value, with its more than five hundred entries, The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville discusses the careers of the famous and the forgotten. Many of the vaudevillians here, including Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Jimmy Durante, W. C. Fields, Bert Lahr, and Mae West, are familiar names today, thanks to their continuing careers on screen. At the same time, and given equal coverage, are forgotten acts: legendary female impersonators Bert Savoy and Jay Brennan, the vulgar Eva Tanguay with her billing as “The I Don't Care Girl,” male impersonator Kitty Doner, and a host of “freak” acts.
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Total Pages | : 862 |
Release | : 1914 |
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Author | : Sharon R. Ullman |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2023-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520919432 |
Sex Seen provides a complex and intriguing account of the changes that have taken place in the social construction of sexuality during the past century. Focusing on Sacramento, California, at the dawn of the twentieth century, Sharon Ullman juxtaposes early cinema, vaudeville performances, and popular newspapers and magazines with insights drawn from close interpretations of transcripts from Sacramento court cases. She demonstrates how attitudes that emerged in the popular discourse—ideas about gender roles, female desire, prostitution, divorce, and homosexuality—often found complex and contradictory expression in the courts. As judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and juries all weighed in with differing opinions, the courtroom itself became a site of multiple discourses that attempted to make sense of a growing sexual chaos. In tracing the birth of modern sexuality, Ullman chronicles the dynamics of social change during a unique cultural moment and explains the shifts in the sexual ethos of turn-of-the-century America. Instead of telling the familiar story of steadily increasing liberation of sexual urges, Ullman chronicles the complex confusions and negotiations of an increasingly public sexual discourse. She relates how laws against cross-dressing gained force at the same time that female impersonation became popular in vaudeville acts, how images of prostitutes were changed by the commercialization of the female body in advertising and film, and how visible expression of female desire was submerged in rape and divorce proceedings. Ullman blends social history, textual analysis, and film and performance criticism to explain how sexuality and desire became an essential part of personal identity in this century. Her keen, accessible account of a community on the brink of the modern era offers a provocative interpretation of the seeds of our sexual present.
Author | : Frank Rose |
Publisher | : Frank Rose |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780887308079 |
The story of the William Morris Agency is the stoyr of show business itself. Founded at the turn of the century, it stood as the premier agency in Hollywood for 80 years. With unvarnished descriptions of the board that runs William Morris and the needy and demanding stars they represent, The Agency is a compelling tale that lifts the curtain on the most intriguing business in Americ today. Photos.