Lillian Lorraine: The Life and Times of a Ziegfeld Diva

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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 ...

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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 confidant of Lorraine's.

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Ziegfeld—the name conjures up images of the haunted Great White Way of pre-World War I New York, lovely ladies dancing, comics and clowns, and great riches and appalling poverty. Lillian Lorraine was said to be the most gorgeous gem ever placed on Ziegfeld's pedestal as well as the diva with the most tortured decline. Hanson, whose mother was a close confidante of Lorraine, perhaps comes the closest to lifting the veil on this long-forgotten figure and revealing the woman beneath the fast-living glamour girl who fell from the spotlight. By interviewing some of the last survivors of the Ziegfeld days and carefully combing through secondary sources with a critical eye, Hanson has created an excellent biography that not only examines a fascinating subject but also explores an era a century past. VERDICT Hanson's book will be of interest to theater historians as well as social historians, gender studies scholars, and readers looking to get swept up in early 20th-century New York.—Teri Shiel, Westfield State Univ. Lib., MA
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780786464074
  • Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
  • Publication date: 9/1/2011
  • Pages: 220
  • Sales rank: 714,326
  • Product dimensions: 6.80 (w) x 10.00 (h) x 0.70 (d)

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Nils Hanson is a retired vice president for the international division of Thomas Cook. He is also a Marine Corps veteran who served during WWII. A graduate of Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, he lives in New York.

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