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 | | Eleanor Powell: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts) by Margie Schultz ISBN-10: 9780313281105 ISBN-10: 0-313-28110-6 ISBN-13: 9780313281105 ISBN-13: 978-0-313-28110-5 Hardcover 1994-08-30 Greenwood Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Eleanor Powell began her notable career at age 12, with an appearance at a supper show at an Atlantic City hotel. As a teenager, she moved to vaudeville and Broadway, where producers insisted that the classically trained dancer study tap. With minimal training, she became the queen of tap dancing in the 1930s and 1940s, with MGM casting her in some of the best-loved musicals of all time. This book details her life and career. A concise biography overviews the principal events in the life and work of Eleanor Powell. The chapters that follow are devoted to her work in particular media, such as film, radio, and television. Each chapter contains entries for her productions, which provide cast and credit information, plot synopses, criticism, and excerpts from reviews. Appendices provide additional information about her life, and an annotated bibliography summarizes the many writings by and about her. | ||
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Eleanor Powell - Bio-Bibliography The written content is very comprehensive but the presentation woefully lacking, especially in a volume offered at this price. There is a single photo, of terrible quality. The text looks as if it were typed on an old manual typewriter. The binding, a cheap-looking slick bright green (NOT what is pictured on the amazon website), would be more suitable for a kids' book from K-Mart. The publisher says the book is now printed only when a copy is ordered, and that they have no control over quality. If you are interested in an exhaustive review of the career of Eleanor Powell and don't care how the volume looks, you will probably be happy with this book. | ||
Eleanor Powell (a Bio without Life) This type of book is more like a research paper than a biography of a major star, and one of the great dancers of the period. The Bio is a dry review of who she was and what movies she performed in, but lacks any of the material that makes her a living woman with feeling and talent. It would have been good for a graduate paper for an MA degree, but not much more. Any one can compile facts. The secret of a great biography is the making of the subject come to life. Even as a MA study, I would only give it a B-. | ||
Book Does Justice In my opinion, Eleanor Powell was one of the greatest dancers of all-time. Ms. Marge Schultz does the dancing legend justice by thoroughly reviewing her life and career. From Eleanor's rise to stardom im MGM to her failed marriage to Glenn Ford to her Las Vegas comeback in the 1960s, it is all in there. The only drawback to this 300 page tome was that there were no pictures showing the beauty of Eleanor Powell. There's not much out there honoring the dancing legend, so if you are a fan of Eleanor Powell, don't miss this book! | ||