Author: Christene MeyersPublisher:
ISBN: 9781495133497
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Lilian's Last Dance
Author: Christene MeyersPublisher:
ISBN: 9781495133497
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Family Herald
Author: Lillian Lorraine
Author: Nils HansonPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786489359
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
After a meteoric ascent on Broadway that began with Ziegfeld’s 1910 Follies, Lillian Lorraine went on to become one of the most famous entertainers in America. Her passionately lived life made her a prime target for the tabloid gossip doyens of the day. This biography recounts the early West Coast life of this superstar as well as her coronation on Broadway, her work in silent film, and her sexual liaisons that helped her gain her notoriety. It also covers her eventual disappearance from public life, her alcoholism and her death, which went largely unnoticed. She was buried in 1955 in a pauper’s grave. The book includes first-hand personal anecdotes and observations from recently discovered tapes, which were recorded by a confidante of Lorraine’s.
Lilian's Penance
Author: LilianLilian's penance, by the author of 'Recommended to mercy', &c
Author: Matilda Charlotte HoustounPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Pursuing Paradise
Author: Peyton MorssPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 132920767X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A funny and feminine fairytale for the educated woman. --- "You're sexy when you're sassy," he tells Juliet, and, seriously? Juliet is like, so over it-except that he might just be the most beautiful man she's ever seen. "He's disgusting," she tells her friends. "Truly horrible. Reasonably gross. Definitely not attractive, usually." And then suddenly she's sleeping with her top client on the conference room table.
Last Dance at the Hotel Kempinski
Author: Robin HirschPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A Waltz Between Wars
Author: John BarclayPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456843648
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
A WALTZ BETWEEN WARS This is a very fine work. John has obviously done an extraordinary amount of work. Because of [his] confident, fluent and convincing writing... [this] really is a tour de force of research brought vividly and authoritatively to life. [He has] a mastery of detail, speech patterns and so on. There is a sense of completeness about [the] book.
La Meri and Her Life in Dance
Author: Nancy Lee Chalfa RuyterPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813065119
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
This intriguing biography details the life and work of world dance pioneer La Meri (1899–1988). An American dancer, choreographer, teacher, and writer, La Meri was ahead of her time in championing cross-cultural dance performances and education, yet she is almost totally forgotten today. In La Meri and Her Life in Dance, Nancy Ruyter introduces readers to a visionary artist who played a pivotal role in dance history. Born in Texas as Russell Meriwether Hughes, La Meri toured throughout Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and the United States in the 1920s and ’30s, immersing herself in different dance traditions at a time when few American dancers explored styles outside their own. She learned about Indian dance culture from the celebrated Uday Shankar, studied belly dancing with the Moroccan sultan’s top dancer, and took flamenco lessons in Spain. La Meri spread awareness and enjoyment of the world’s myriad forms of expression before it was common for performing artists from these countries to tour internationally. Ruyter describes how La Meri founded the Ethnologic Dance Center in New York City, choreographed innovative works based on various dance cultures for Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and other venues, and wrote widely on the styles and techniques of international dance genres. This long-overdue book illustrates that the popularity of world dance today owes much to the trailblazing efforts of La Meri.
Lilian's Story
Author: Kate GrenvillePublisher: Text Publishing
ISBN: 1922459356
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Kate Grenville’s debut novel, complete with a special new introduction, is now available as a Text Classic. A must-read for fans of one of Australia’s most prominent writers.