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…mehr
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 confidante of Lorraine's.
Nils Hanson is a retired vice president for the international division of Thomas Cook. He is also a Marine Corps veteran who served in the South Pacific during World War II. A graduate of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, he lives in New York City.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Richard Ziegfeld Preface 1. The Trunk 2. The Early Years 3. Coast to Coast 4. Broadway Bound 5. The Promoter 6. Ill- Fated Triangle 7. The Breakthrough: Up, Up and Away-with Sophie 8. Affair of the Necklace 9. Enter Bert Williams, Fanny Brice and the Blonde Venus 10. The Ziegfeld Follies of 1910-Atlantic City and Beyond 11. Enter Nanny Johnson, My Mother 12. PR Woes and the Denver Caper 13. Anna-Liane-Flo: The Ansonia 14. Canadian Getaway 15. A Split and Trouble in Paradise 16. Ziegfeld vs. Gresheimer 17. Catch- Up Time on the Rumor Mill 18. Live Reflections 19. Enter Billie Burke and the Ghost of the New Amsterdam 20. Lillian, on Her Own 21. Ziegfeldian Potpourri 22. Hollywood Beckons 23. The Broadway Fast Track and Ziegfeld's Frolic 24. The Follies of 1918 25. Ziegfeld's Roof Garden and Lillian's Blue Devil 26. Detour and Scandal on the Fast Track 27. Marilyn Miller and Frank Carter-Broadway's Golden Couple 28. Lillian Faces Financial Ruin and a Fleeting Comeback 29. Dimming Footlights and the Bessie Poole Affair 30. End of an Era and Beyond 31. Frazzled Silver Lining 32. Lillian Hits the Skids-Ziegfeld Redux 33. Excommunication 34. Final Curtain-Oblivion 35. Coda to Lillian and Her Times Epilogue Lillian Lorraine Stage Credits and Filmography Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Richard Ziegfeld Preface 1. The Trunk 2. The Early Years 3. Coast to Coast 4. Broadway Bound 5. The Promoter 6. Ill- Fated Triangle 7. The Breakthrough: Up, Up and Away-with Sophie 8. Affair of the Necklace 9. Enter Bert Williams, Fanny Brice and the Blonde Venus 10. The Ziegfeld Follies of 1910-Atlantic City and Beyond 11. Enter Nanny Johnson, My Mother 12. PR Woes and the Denver Caper 13. Anna-Liane-Flo: The Ansonia 14. Canadian Getaway 15. A Split and Trouble in Paradise 16. Ziegfeld vs. Gresheimer 17. Catch- Up Time on the Rumor Mill 18. Live Reflections 19. Enter Billie Burke and the Ghost of the New Amsterdam 20. Lillian, on Her Own 21. Ziegfeldian Potpourri 22. Hollywood Beckons 23. The Broadway Fast Track and Ziegfeld's Frolic 24. The Follies of 1918 25. Ziegfeld's Roof Garden and Lillian's Blue Devil 26. Detour and Scandal on the Fast Track 27. Marilyn Miller and Frank Carter-Broadway's Golden Couple 28. Lillian Faces Financial Ruin and a Fleeting Comeback 29. Dimming Footlights and the Bessie Poole Affair 30. End of an Era and Beyond 31. Frazzled Silver Lining 32. Lillian Hits the Skids-Ziegfeld Redux 33. Excommunication 34. Final Curtain-Oblivion 35. Coda to Lillian and Her Times Epilogue Lillian Lorraine Stage Credits and Filmography Bibliography Index
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