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Author:   Grant Hayter-Menzies
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9781476665962

ISBN 10:   1476665966
Pages:   245
Publication Date:   09 February 2016
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Foreword by Eric Myers      Preface      PART I : SAWDUST, STARDUST 1. “A shy, wistful sort of moppet”      2. The Education of an Actress      3. Toast of Broadway      4. Halcyon Hour      5. “There is only one Billie Burke...”      6. Soubrette      7. Burkeley Crest      8. Mr. Ziegfeld      9. Mrs. Ziegfeld      10. Movie Star      11. “...you love others so much, too...”      12. “The fine days”      13. Flickering Star      14. A Beginning, and an End      PART II : SILLY WOMAN 15. Crash      16. Death, Then Life      17. “A small, bewildered comedienne...”      18. The Great Ziegfeld      19. Good Witch      20. “Oma”      21. Final Curtain      Appendix: Billie Burke’s Performance History      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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Extensive research...valuable...an excellent job. -- theglobeandmail.com theglobeandmail.com

enjoyable biography...an eye-opening look at the actress millions know only as Glinda the Good Witch...highly recommended <i>Library Journal</i>; Hayter-Menzies book is quite well-researched...always entertaining...eminently worth reading <i>www.pbpulse.com</i>; a book that is as readable as it is scholarly <i>Examiner.com</i>; extensive research...valuable...an excellent job <i>theglobeandmail.com.</i>

Author Information

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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