Ziegfeld

Author : Eve Golden
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0813128730

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Anna Held and the Birth of Ziegfeld's Broadway by Eve Golden Pdf

" Anna Held (1870?-1918), a petite woman with an hourglass figure, was America's most popular musical comedy star during the two decades preceding World War I. In the colorful world of New York theater during La Belle Époque, she epitomized everything that was glamorous, sophisticated, and suggestive about turn-of-the-century Broadway. Overcoming an impoverished life as an orphan to become a music-hall star in Paris, Held rocketed to fame in America. From 1896 to 1910, she starred in hit after hit and quickly replaced Lillian Russell as the darling of the theatrical world. The first wife of legendary producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Held was the brains and inspiration behind his Follies and shared his knack for publicity. Together, they brought the Paris scene to New York, complete with lavish costumes and sets and a chorus of stunningly beautiful women, dubbed ""The Anna Held Girls."" While Held was known for a champagne giggle as well as for her million-dollar bank account, there was a darker side to her life. She concealed her Jewish background and her daughter from a previous marriage. She suffered through her two husbands' gambling problems and Ziegfeld's blatant affairs with showgirls. With the outbreak of fighting in Europe, Held returned to France to support the war effort. She entertained troops and delivered medical supplies, and she was once briefly captured by the German army. Anna Held and the Birth of Ziegfeld's Broadway reveals one of the most remarkable women in the history of theatrical entertainment. With access to previously unseen family records and photographs, Eve Golden has uncovered the details of an extraordinary woman in the vibrant world of 1900s New York.

Author : Cynthia Brideson,Sara Brideson
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813160900

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Ziegfeld and His Follies by Cynthia Brideson,Sara Brideson Pdf

In this definitive biography, Cynthia Brideson and Sara Brideson offer a comprehensive look at both the life and legacy of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Drawing on a wide range of sources, they provide a lively and well-rounded account of Ziegfeld as a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a lover, and an alternately ruthless and benevolent employer. Lavishly illustrated, this is an intimate and in-depth portrait of a figure who profoundly changed American entertainment.

Author : Linda Mizejewski
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0822323230

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Ziegfeld Girl by Linda Mizejewski Pdf

A study of the iconographic significance of the Ziegfeld girl in twentieth-century American conceptions of sexuality, race, class, and consumerism.

Author : Grant Hayter-Menzies
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786453085

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Mrs. Ziegfeld by Grant Hayter-Menzies Pdf

Broadway actress Billie Burke was one of the most sought after young stage beauties of her time, stealing the hearts of Enrico Caruso, Mark Twain, and, most importantly, famed Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld, who became her husband. Following Ziegfeld's death, the threats of financial ruin and encroaching age forced Burke to recreate herself as a Hollywood character actress. This biography benefits from the cooperation of the daughter and grandchildren of Burke and Ziegfeld, as well as from anecdotes provided by actors who performed with Burke on the stage and screen. In addition to studying the character and significance of Burke's greatest screen role as Glinda the Good Witch of the North, this richly illustrated book also provides a complete history of Burke's stage, screen, and radio work.

Author : Ethan Mordden
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429951524

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Ziegfeld by Ethan Mordden Pdf

Any girl who twists her hat will be fired! – Florenz Ziegfeld And no Ziegfeld girl ever did as she made her way down the gala stairways of the Ziegfeld Follies in some of the most astonishing spectacles the American theatergoing public ever witnessed. When Florenz Ziegfeld started in theater, it was flea circus, operetta and sideshow all rolled into one. When he left it, the glamorous world of "show-biz" had been created. Though many know him as the man who "glorified the American girl," his first real star attraction was the bodybuilder Eugen Sandow, who flexed his muscles and thrilled the society matrons who came backstage to squeeze his biceps. His lesson learned with Sandow, Ziegfeld went on to present Anna Held, the naughty French sensation, who became the first Mrs. Ziegfeld. He was one of the first impresarios to mix headliners of different ethnic backgrounds, and literally the earliest proponent of mixed-race casting. The stars he showcased and, in some cases, created have become legends: Billie Burke (who also became his wife), elfin Marilyn Miller, cowboy Will Rogers, Bert Williams, W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor and, last but not least, neighborhood diva Fanny Brice. A man of voracious sexual appetites when it came to beautiful women, Ziegfeld knew what he wanted and what others would want as well. From that passion, the Ziegfeld Girl was born. Elaborately bejeweled, they wore little more than a smile as they glided through eye-popping tableaux that were the highlight of the Follies, presented almost every year from 1907 to 1931. Ziegfeld's reputation and power, however, went beyond the stage of the Follies as he produced a number of other musicals, among them the ground-breaking Show Boat. In Ziegfeld: The Man Who Created Show Business, Ethan Mordden recreates the lost world of the Follies, a place of long-vanished beauty masterminded by one of the most inventive, ruthless, street-smart and exacting men ever to fill a theatre on the Great White Way : Florenz Ziegfeld.

Author : Tom Tierney
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486436799

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Ziegfeld Girls Paper Dolls by Tom Tierney Pdf

11 dolls model 30 costumes worn in lavish musical extravaganzas. Figures of Anna Held, Helen Morgan, Billie Burke, Marilyn Miller, and other stars.

Author : Marjorie Farnsworth
Publisher : London : P. Davies
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Entertainers
ISBN : NYPL:33433047929611

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The Ziegfeld Follies by Marjorie Farnsworth Pdf

Author : Eve Golden
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813180762

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Anna Held and the Birth of Ziegfeld's Broadway by Eve Golden Pdf

Anna Held was America's most popular musical comedy star during the two decades preceding World War I. In the colorful world of New York theater during La Belle Époque, she epitomized everything that was glamorous and provocative about turn-of-the-century Broadway. Overcoming an impoverished life as an orphan to become a music hall star in Paris, Held rocketed to fame in America. From 1896 to 1910, she starred in hit after hit and quickly replaced Lillian Russell as the darling of the theatrical world. The first wife of legendary producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Held was the brains and inspiration behind his Follies. Together, they brought the Paris scene to New York, complete with lavish costumes and sets and a chorus of stunningly beautiful women, dubbed "The Anna Held Girls." While Held was known for a champagne giggle as well as for her million-dollar bank account, there was a darker side to her life. She concealed her Jewish background and her daughter from a previous marriage. She suffered through her two husbands' gambling problems and Ziegfeld's conspicuous affairs with showgirls. With the outbreak of fighting in Europe, Held returned to France to support the war effort. She entertained troops and delivered medical supplies, and was once briefly captured by the German army. Anna Held and the Birth of Ziegfeld's Broadway reveals one of the most remarkable women in the history of theater. With access to previously unseen family records and photographs, Eve Golden has uncovered the details of an extraordinary woman's life in 1900s New York.

Author : Ruth Benjamin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Musicals
ISBN : UOM:39015057553318

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Who Sang what on Broadway, 1866-1996: The singers (L-Z) by Ruth Benjamin Pdf

"This compendium lists alphabetically every performer who sang on Broadway in the role of a named character. Covering the period of 1866 to 1996, it is a guide to performances by the well known and the obscure, the career stage performers as well as the one-timers whose names never again graced a playbill"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Robert Hudovernik
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Photography
ISBN : UOM:39015048085172

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Jazz Age Beauties by Robert Hudovernik Pdf

"Thousands of nude photos of Jazz-era women were found in boxes marked "private" on the estate of former Ziegfeld Follies photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston after his death in 1971. Johnston had photographed many of the era's brightest stars and most beautiful women, but who were these unknowns sometimes posed in little more than a string of pearls or flash of lace?" "Compiled here for the first time are more than 200 publicity stills and photos of America's first "it" girls, as well as the "secret" nudes discovered on Johnston's estate after his death. The images do most of the talking, but also included are some of the stories behind these silent-film era starlets and the sometimes high prices they paid for being the first generation of women to reject the roles laid down before them." "Photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston also paid a price for the commercial applications of his art. This book offers insight into Johnston's own Jazz Age mystery, as well as into his unique and cutting-edge photography techniques. It also pays tribute to a man whose artistry extends beyond the Follies and who deserves a place among the stars himself."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Nils Hanson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786464074

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Lillian Lorraine by Nils Hanson Pdf

"This biography recounts the early life of this superstar as well as her coronation on Broadway, her work in silent film, and her sexual liaisons. It also covers her eventual disappearance from public life, her alcoholism and her death, which went largely unnoticed. The book includes first-hand personal anecdotes and observations from recently discovered tapes"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Jack Raymond
Publisher : Washington, D.C. [i.e. Falls Church, VA] (3713 George Mason Dr. #1714, Falls Church 22041) : J. Raymond
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Motion picture music
ISBN : UOM:39015045698753

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Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond Pdf

A comprehensive list of original cast and studio cast performances issued on commercial phonograph records, covering music of the American stage, screen, and television, with composer performances and other selected collateral recordings.

Author : Sarah Barthel
Publisher : Center Point
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1683246845

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Ziegfeld Girls by Sarah Barthel Pdf

"Set against a glittering background of vintage glamour, famous figures, and high-stakes of 1914 New York City, Ziegfeld Girls is a novel of two extraordinary women--one black and one white--seizing their own fates in a pivotal era of racism and obsession"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Actors
ISBN : UCSD:31822024739898

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Who's who in the Theatre by Anonim Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Haas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015049503876

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Performing Barbara Stanwyck, 1922-1964 by Elizabeth Haas Pdf