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1974
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ST. MARTIN'S PRESS
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Lily Elsie, Gerald du Maurier, Lillian Gish, Ivor Novello, Charles Wyndham, George Alexander, Ethyl Barrymore, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Greta Garbo, Marilyn MonroePlaces
London, Paris, Hollywood, New York CityShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Rise and Fall of the Matinee Idol: Past Deities of Stage and Screen, Their Roles, Their Magic, and
1974, ST. MARTIN'S PRESS
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1299321631 9781299321632
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Table of Contents
I
"'Lovely Lily Elsie'" by Cecil Beaton.
3
"The Role of the Reasoner (Charles Wyndham and George Alexander)" by George Rowell.
20
"Edwardian Idols of My Youth" by Ivor Brown.
31
"Father's Footsteps (Gerald du Maurier)" by Daphne du Maurier.
39
II
"From Gladys Cooper to Gertrude Lawrence" by Cecil Beaton.
50
"Twenty-Five Years of Leading Ladies (and Gentlemen)" by Vivian Ellis.
58
"Jack, Bobby and Ivor" by Sandy Wilson.
75
"The Light of Many Lamps" by Micheál Mac Liammóir.
85
"The Master (Noël Coward)" by Sheridan Morley.
89
"A Tea-tray in the Stalls" by Philip Hope-Wallace.
99
III
"The Great Days of Broadway" by George Oppenheimer.
108
"Life with Lillian" by O.Z. Whitehead.
122
"Sacred Monsters Off and On the Boulevards" by Roland Gant.
132
IV
"The Mute Idols" by David Robinson.
142
"Time of the Talkies" by Dilys Powell.
153
"'A Pantheon of Gods' a conversation between George Axelrod and Anthony Curtis".
163
V
"Cutting My Teeth" by Anthony Curtis.
170
"The Last Idols?" by Ronald Hayman.
180
"The Loved Ones" by Anthony Storr.
188
About the Contributors.
197
Index.
201
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