When Jolson Was King
by Richard Grudens
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Author: Richard GrudensEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-10
ISBN: 0976387727
Number of pages: 312
Publisher: Celebrity Profiles Publishing
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Book Review: Look elsewhere for Jolson fiction
Summary: 5 Stars
I am the author and can understand why the last reviewer, who expected something different, was disappointed. My point of view was to provide a novice's guide to Jolson and his times, not the detailed day by day life story. The book contains many facets of Jolson' career including those around him, his competition, employers, and comments from those he inspired enough to form their own careers, the issue of minstrel, blackface performers, fabled stories of the famed Friar's Club,a chapter of the infamouos Shubert Brothers, and chapters covering Jolson's experiences in film, radio and his extensive USO travels. Covered too are vignettes of the theaters in which Jolson performed, and of those great theatrical competitors like the Barrymore's and where they were voicing their talents while Jolson was pulling them in at the Winter Garden,and a full feature on Jolson's films from the first talkie, The Jazz Singer to his famed bio-pics The Jolson Story and Jolson Sings Again. Included too are full acknowledgments of the songwriters who provided the great songs for Jolson to perform, as well as a treatise of vaudeville and burlesque of the times. As Kathryn Crosby, Mrs. Bing Crosby, commented on the book today, " The book is encylopedic. In addition to Jolson, it offers insights into the lives of four generations of leading entertainers, writers, and producers. We are also vouchsafed milestones in the development of the cinema, radio and television."
Summary of When Jolson Was King
Here is the quintessential Al Jolson tribute from the pen of author/music historian Richard Grudens, documenting the story of Al Jolson's colorful rise to fame in the first half of the 20th century while earning the title of The Worlds' Greatest Entertainer. This wonderful career is told in stories and photos ( over 200) from the immortals of show business that include Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Frankie Laine, Kathryn Crosby, Patty Andrews, Connie Haines, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Lee and Jake Shubert, Eddie Cantor, George Jessel, Joe Franklin, Sybil Jason, Beverly Roberts, Richard Rodgers, Milton Berle, George Burns, George Gershwin, Walter Winchell, Davey Lee, Rudy Wissler, Irving Berlin, Tony Babino and others who interpolated Jolson's life before, during and after.Music Books
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