The Bennetts: An Acting FamilyUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2004 M11 26 - 576 pages “An engrossing new page turner” about one of old Hollywood’s royal families: “theater people don't get more interesting, and it's a true tale well told" (Hollywood Reporter). |
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... seemed interesting enough, I might try to undertake a book about the entire family. As it turned out, it was, and I did. By the time I began my research in earnest in 1998, I had already read two books that were to be of the utmost ...
... seemed unable to return to it . No show business fame can fade quite so quickly as theatrical stardom , and year by year , Richard saw his own stunning achievements recede into a dimly remembered past . In the end , Richard Bennett ...
... trucks, hansom cabs, streetcars with their conductors in spit-and-polished uniforms, the street vendors hawking their goods on pushcarts—for the teenaged boy from Indiana, it seemed nearly impossible to take in. For several days,
An Acting Family Brian Kellow. it seemed nearly impossible to take in. For several days, Tip made the rounds with the Packets, selecting merchandise from wholesale houses and the model dressmaking establishments such as Redfern, Ltd ...
... seemed to tire of. To be included in Frohman's select group of actors marked an enormous step forward for Richard; it was an association that would endure for seventeen years. When The Proper Caper opened at Hoyt's Theater on West ...