Beryl Halley : the life and follies of a Ziegfeld beauty, 1897-1988 / Jacob L. Bapst and Ivan M. Tribe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bapst, Jacob L., author.

Tribe, Ivan M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Halley, Beryl, 1897-1988.

Halley, Beryl.

Ziegfeld follies.

Dancers--United States--Biography.

Dancers.

History.

United States.

Actresses--United States--Biography.

Actresses.

Ziegfeld follies--History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

209 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"Born in rural Ohio in 1897, Beryl Halley was educated at a strict Freewill Baptist school. After briefly teaching in a one-room schoolhouse, she joined the navy in 1918 before her unlikely path led her to Broadway, then to the Ziegfeld Follies (1923-1925). She also appeared in Earl Carroll's Vanities and other revues, as well as in films, and had a widely publicized brush with the law in 1926. She retired from show business in 1930, married an insurance executive and had a family, later reappearing in the public eye as an officer in the Ziegfeld Girls' Club. Making her home in Houston in the 1950s, she worked as legal secretary for a large law firm. Her death at age 90 was unpublicized. Her story is told here for the first time" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Bladen to Rio Grande, 1897-1913

Rio Grande to Norfolk, Virginia, 1913-1920

Norfolk to Broadway, 1920-1924

Ziegfeld girl, 1924-1925

Palm Beach nights, The bunk ... and more, 1926-1927

The Bladen beauty's "Big Apple," or Beryl Halley's New York City

The world she left behind, or Gallia County in prosperity and depression

Life After the Follies, 1927-1929

Surviving the Depression, 1929-1933

Marriage and the Ziegfeld Girls Club, 1933-1941

New York to Texas, 1941-1953

Texas, 1953-1988.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index.

ISBN:

9781476676432

1476676437

OCLC:

1089016415