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Loading... Footlights and spotlights; recollections of my life on the stageby Otis Skinner
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Otis Skinner's life and career spanned the decades when American entertainment was undergoing rapid and tremendous change. He started work as a professional stage actor in the 1880s (with a personal letter of recommendation from P. T. Barnum!); and at the close of the book he details a successful career in the emerging film industry in early-1920s California. In between, this genial autobiography is entertaining and moving as Skinner describes the many challenges of life as an actor in the Gilded Age and beyond. ( ) no reviews | add a review
1923. Skinner recalls his long and varied career on the American stage. He achieved lasting fame with his performance in Kismet. His daughter, Cornelia Otis Skinner, American monologuist, actress, and author also appeared in her father's company. Contents: From a Gallery Seat; Youthful Episodes and Efforts; Ninety-Two Characters; The Procession of Stars; A Dark Hour and Mr. Booth; Juvenile Leads and the Road; Lawrence Barrett; The Emotion of Acting; Augustin Daly and London; At Home and Abroad; Edwin Booth; Romeo in London; Madame Modjeska; Manager and Star; Earning a Reputation; The Next Seven Years; Charles Frohman Presents; Some Hoosiers and Some Others; Kismet-The Play and the Picture; The Passion Play; The Bull Fight and Christian Science; Mister Antonio and the War; Let the World Slip: and We Shall Ne'er Be Younger. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)791.43028092The arts Recreational and performing arts Public performances Film, Radio, and Television Film Techniques, procedures, apparatus... Acting and performance ActorsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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