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Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In 1919, the four Turner sisters and their parents are barely scraping along. Their father is a low-paid boot stitcher in Johnson City, NY, and the Turners are always one paycheck away from eviction. When their father's hand is crushed and he's forced to quit, their domineering mother decides that the vaudeville stage is their best--and only--chance for salvation. With everything at stake, the Tumbling Turners take to the road and the four young...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A tuneful Irving Berlin musical that depicts the trials and triumphs of a veteran vaudeville family. Molly and Terry Donahue start out as a duo and keep adding kids to the act until they finally become The 5 Donahues. Their busy and tumultuous lives aren't always easy, but the Donahues have plenty of love to get them through the hard times and more than enough talent to keep them on top. Highlighted by one classic Irving Berlin song after another...
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"All Harriet Szász has ever known is life onstage with her twin sister, Josie. As "The Sisters Sweet," they pose as conjoined twins in a vaudeville act conceived of by their ambitious father and managed by their practical mother, who were once theatrical stars in their own rights. Then, in an explosive act, Josie exposes the fraud in a spectacular fashion and runs away to Hollywood. The family retreats to Chicago, where Harriet must figure out how...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Galveston, Texas, July 1932. Evie Grace Devlin come to Galveston to escape a dark past in vaudeville and become a good person, a nurse. When that dream is thwarted, Evie is swept into the world of dance marathons. All that she has been denied-- a family, a purpose, even love-- waits for her there in the place she dreads most: the spotlight. Finding work as an unregistered nurse looking after a troupe of marathon dancers, Evie learns that there truly...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Jokes change from generation to generation, but the experience of the stand-up comedian transcends the ages: the striving and struggles, the tragedy and triumph. From the Marx Brothers to Milton Berle, George Carlin to Eddie Murphy, Conan O'Brien to Louis C. K.--comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff presents a century of fascinating rebels, forgotten stars, and characters on the precipice of fame in this essnetial history of American comedy."--
Author
Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
On her eighteenth birthday, Hilde leaves her orphanage in 1930s Berlin, and heads out into the world to discover her place in it. But finding a job is hard, at least until she stumbles into Café Lila, a vibrant cabaret full of expressive customers. Rosa, one of the club's waitresses and performers, immediately takes Hilde under her wing. As the café denizens slowly embrace Hilde, and she embraces them in turn, she discovers her voice and her own...
9) Funny girl
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A musical film that follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice.
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