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Biographies & Memoirs
Space does not permit more than a listing, but each of the books listed has our recommendation. Some are suggested for their accuracy, literacy and pertinence; others, oftentimes memoirs, are recommended for their viewpoint and flavor. |
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Fred Allen: Much Ado about Me by Fred Allen Fred Allen: Treadmill to Oblivion by Fred Allen Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle: The Day the Laughter Stopped by David Yallop Fred Astaire: Steps in Time: An Autobiography Cholly Atkins (and Honi Coles): Class Act: The Jazz Life of Choreographer Cholly Atkins by CA & Jacqui Malone Baby Peggy, Whatever Happened to Baby Peggy by Dana Serra Cary (Baby Peggy) Jack Benny by Irving Fein Jack Benny: Sunday Nights at Seven by Joan & Jack Benny Milton Berle: An Autobiography by Milton Berle Irving Berlin: As Thousands Cheer: the Life of IB by Laurence Bergreen Joan Blondell: Center Door Fancy ( autobiographical fiction) by Joan Blondell Fanny Brice: The Fabulous Fanny by Norman Katkov Fanny Brice: Funny Woman by Barbara Grossman Bricktop by Bricktop & James Haskins Joe E. Brown: Laughter Is a Wonderful Thing by J.E. Brown & Ralph Hancock George Burns: The Hundred Year Dash by Martin Gottfried Burns & Allen: Gracie: A Love Story by George Burns James Cagney by John McCabe Cagney by Cagney by James Cagney Eddie Cantor: Take My Life by Eddie Cantor Eddie Cantor: Banjo Eyes: EC & the Birth of Modern Stardom by Herbert G. Goldman George M. Cohan by John McCabe Will Cressy: Continuous Vaudeville by Will Cressy Lotta Crabtree: The Triumphs & Trials of LC by David Dempsey & Raymond Baldwin Sally De May: Almost Famous by Sally De May Jack Donahue: Letters of a Hoofer to His Ma by Jack Donahue Marie Dressler by Matthew Kennedy Marie Dressler: The Unlikeliest Star by Betty Lee Marie Dressler: The Life Story of an Ugly Duckling by Marie Dressler Jimmy Durante: Schnozzola by Gene Fowler Gracie Fields: Sing as We Go by Gracie Fields Lew Fields (and Joe Weber): Bowery to Broadway: Lew Fields and the Roots of American Popular Theater by Armond Fields & L. Marc Fields W.C. Fields: The Man on the Flying Trapeze by Simon Louvish George L. Fox: The Age and Stage of George L. Fox by Laurence Senelick Eddie Foy by Armond Fields Joe Frisco: Comic, Jazz Dancer, and Railbird by Ed Lowry, Charlie Foy, Paul Levitt Mousie Garner: Autobiography of a Vaudeville Stooge by Paul “Mousie” Garner & Sharon F. Kissane Betty Garrett and Other Songs by Betty Garrett & Ron Rapoport Yvette Guilbert: This Was Yvette Guilbert by Bettina Knapp & Myra Chipman Texas Guinan: Queen of the Nightclubs by Louise Berlinger W,C. Handy: The Father of the Blues by WCH and Arna Bontemps Tommy Handley by Ted Kavanagh Harrigan & Hart: The Merry Partners: The Age and Stage of Harrigan & Hart by E.J. Kahn Harrity Family: The World Famous Harrity Family by Richard Harrity Libby Holman by Milt Machlin Houdini!!!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss by Kenneth Silverman Alberta Hunter: A Celebration of the Blues by Frank C. Taylor & Gerald Cook Eugene “Pineapple” Jackson: His Own Story by EWJ & Gwendolyn Sides St. Julian |