Overview
Take a journey back in time to an era when movie theatres were movie houses, jazz was king, and vaudeville was one of the premiere forms of entertainment. Lollipop is the late Reva Howitt Clar's memoirs of her colorful career with the legendary brother and sister producing team of Fanchon and Marco and the first inside account to give detailed insight into the workings of this famous pair. A first-hand chronicle of the weekly shows, rehearsals, costumes, publicity stunts, and backstage intrigues that typified any vaudeville performer, Lollipop sweeps the reader into the jazz age, when live stage show entertainment served as the West Coast's main link to the current music and dance trends in New York, detailing Clar's ten-year association with Fanchon and Marco from 1923-1933, first as a dancer, then as co-director of their dance school. The text also highlights the eventual fade of vaudeville from the entertainment circuit, caused by the Great Depression. Supplemented with historical tidbits and anecdotes from her daughter, Clar's memoir offers an intimate portrait of vaudeville life from the viewpoint of a non-headliner. This diverting and entertaining glimpse of a lost era in American culture is an enjoyable read for students of American popular culture, vaudeville, and theatre history.
Full Product Details
Author: Reva Howitt Clar ,
Mimi Clar Melnick ,
Mimi Melnick
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Imprint: Scarecrow Press
Volume: No 4
Dimensions:
Width: 14.70cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 22.30cm
Weight: 0.562kg
ISBN: 9780810841864
ISBN 10: 081084186
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 22 July 2002
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The book is fascinating and dispels much of the glamour that was, and is, attached to the business. New Orleans Music
"The book is fascinating and dispels much of the glamour that was, and is, attached to ""the business."" * New Orleans Music *"
The book is fascinating and dispels much of the glamour that was, and is, attached to the business. * New Orleans Music * The book is fascinating and dispels much of the glamour that was, and is, attached to the business. New Orleans Music
Author Information
In addition to her dance career with the Fanchon and Marco Company, Reva Howitt Clar was also a contributing editor, book reviewer, and indexer for the Western States Jewish History quarterly. A jazz pianist, Mimi Clar Melnick has been a music critic for the Los Angeles Times and has written numerous articles on jazz for The Jazz Review and various other publications.
