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Lollipop

Lollipop

Vaudeville Turns with a Fanchon and Marco Dancer

by Reva Howitt Clar and Mimi Clar Melnick
Hardback
Publication Date: 22/07/2002

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Take a journey back in time to an era when movie theatres were movie houses, jazz was king, and vaudeville was one of the premiere forms of entertainment. Lollipop is the late Reva Howitt Clar's memoirs of her colorful career with the legendary brother and sister producing team of Fanchon and Marco and the first inside account to give detailed insight into the workings of this famous pair. A first-hand chronicle of the weekly shows, rehearsals, costumes, publicity stunts, and backstage intrigues that typified any vaudeville performer, Lollipop sweeps the reader into the jazz age, when live stage show entertainment served as the West Coast's main link to the current music and dance trends in New York, detailing Clar's ten-year association with Fanchon and Marco from 1923-1933, first as a dancer, then as co-director of their dance school. The text also highlights the eventual fade of vaudeville from the entertainment circuit, caused by the Great Depression. Supplemented with historical tidbits and anecdotes from her daughter, Clar's memoir offers an intimate portrait of vaudeville life from the viewpoint of a non-headliner. This diverting and entertaining glimpse of a lost era in American culture is an enjoyable read for students of American popular culture, vaudeville, and theatre history.
ISBN:
9780810841864
9780810841864
Category:
History of the Americas
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
22-07-2002
Language:
English
Publisher:
Scarecrow Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
320
Dimensions (mm):
223x147x28mm
Weight:
0.56kg

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