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Joe E. Brown : film comedian and baseball buffoon / Wes D. Gehring ; foreword by Conrad Lane.
Van Pelt Library GV865.B76 G44 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gehring, Wes D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brown, Joe E. (Joe Evan), 1892-1973.
- Brown, Joe E.
- Baseball--United States--Biography.
- Baseball.
- Comedians--United States--Biography.
- Comedians.
- United States.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2006]
- Summary:
- "The reader learns of Joe E. Brown's childhood and how it prepared him for later screen roles, and how his love of baseball translated into screen successes. His career in vaudeville, his work as a Broadway comedian, his road to movie stardom, and how he parlayed his love of sports into big hits are discussed"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 "It Takes Guts to Be a Kinker [Acrobat]" 7
- 2 Acrobat to Actor...But Ever the Athlete 18
- 3 A Solo Stage Star 29
- 4 Making It in the Movies 38
- 5 Top Speed-More Than a Film Title 53
- 6 Lardner & Brown and the National Game 67
- 7 Between the Baseball Pictures: 1932-34 86
- 8 Brown's Memorable 1935 107
- 9 Before the Fall 125
- 10 Creative Free Fall and the Children's Advocate 134
- 11 "G. I. Joe" for Your Kids and Mine 147
- 12 The Last Act 162.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215), filmography (pages 183-189) and index.
- ISBN:
- 078642589X
- OCLC:
- 70673148
- Publisher Number:
- 9780786425891
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