|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Grant Hayter-MenziesPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 17.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.30cm Weight: 0.503kg ISBN: 9780786429950ISBN 10: 078642995 Pages: 266 Publication Date: 30 April 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsa 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." Author InformationBiographer 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |