Charlotte Greenwood: The Life and Career of the Comic Star of Vaudeville, Radio and Film

Author:   Grant Hayter-Menzies
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9780786429950


Pages:   266
Publication Date:   30 April 2007
Format:   Paperback
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Charlotte Greenwood: The Life and Career of the Comic Star of Vaudeville, Radio and Film


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Author:   Grant Hayter-Menzies
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   0.503kg
ISBN:  

9780786429950


ISBN 10:   078642995
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   30 April 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

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a first-rate biography...Grant Hayter-Menzies does his subject proud --The Slide Area; extensively researched --Vancouver Voice; a unique talent and an overlooked chapter in show business history, diligently researched and informatively written. Beloved Charlotte Greenwood has been brought back to life with candor and charm. A movie lover's must-read! --Rex Reed, journalist, New York Observer; Charlotte Greenwood was a tough and bright show-biz cookie who broke the rules and wrote her own. Grant Hayter-Menzies chronicles her zig-zags, public and private, with remarkable passion and compassion, precision and perception. Those who only know Greenwood at twilight, essentially as sweet old Aunt Eller, are in for some happy jolts --Martin Bernheimer, music critic, Financial Times, London.


"""a first-rate biography...Grant Hayter-Menzies does his subject proud""--The Slide Area; ""extensively researched""--Vancouver Voice; ""a unique talent and an overlooked chapter in show business history, diligently researched and informatively written. Beloved Charlotte Greenwood has been brought back to life with candor and charm. A movie lover's must-read!""--Rex Reed, journalist, New York Observer; ""Charlotte Greenwood was a tough and bright show-biz cookie who broke the rules and wrote her own. Grant Hayter-Menzies chronicles her zig-zags, public and private, with remarkable passion and compassion, precision and perception. Those who only know Greenwood at twilight, essentially as sweet old Aunt Eller, are in for some happy jolts""--Martin Bernheimer, music critic, Financial Times, London."


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Biographer Grant Hayter-Menzies lives in British Columbia. His works include biographies of Charlotte Greenwood, Princess Der Ling, Sarah Pike Conger, Pauline Benton, and Lillian Carter, along with the life of a dog, military mascot Rags of the First Division in World War I. He is the literary executor of playwright William Luce.

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