Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis, Last Living Star of the "Ziegfield Follies" - Hardcover

Redniss, Lauren

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060853336 ISBN 13: 9780060853334

Verlag: ReganBooks, 2006

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A lavishly illustrated account of the life of the Ziegfeld star discusses the social and cultural movements that shaped her career, in a portrait that discusses such topics as her entry into the Ziegfeld Follies at the age of fourteen, her interactions with numerous famous figures, and her non-theatrical achievements. 50,000 first printing.

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The Ziegfeld Follies, Florenz Ziegfeld's stage spectacular, promised the best performers, the most lavish sets, and the most ravishing girls. Doris Eaton Travis was one of these prized beauties–and, at 14, was chosen as the youngest chorus girl in the Follies. "Mine eyes are yet dim with the luminous beauty of a girl named Doris," one Chicago reviewer wrote.

Today, at the age of 102, Eaton is the last living Ziegfeld girl. Over the past century, she has performed for presidents and princesses, entertained Gershwin, Lindbergh, and Astaire, starred in silent and talking pictures, bantered with Babe Ruth, offended Henry Ford, outlived six siblings, written a newspaper column, hosted a television show, earned a Phi Beta Kappa degree in history, raised turkeys, and raced horses. Century Girl is a visual tour of this extraordinary woman's journey through the ages.

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• Verlag: ReganBooks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060853336
• ISBN 13: 9780060853334
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 196