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Behind the Burly Q : the story of Burlesque in America Leslie Zemeckis ; foreword by Blaze Starr
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PN 1942 .Z46 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zemeckis, Leslie Harter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burlesque (Theater)--United States--History--20th century.
- Burlesque (Theater).
- Stripteasers--Biography.
- Stripteasers.
- Traveling theater.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Skyhorse Publishing, c2013.
- Contents:
- Welcome to the Burly show
- The reunion
- Six feet of spice
- Don't tell mama (or the kids)
- One glove at a time
- Circus life
- Tiny Kline
- Those marvelous Minskys
- The peelers
- It's a mad, mad world
- The straights
- The tit singer
- From A to C
- Backstage
- The censors
- A bump...
- The paddy wagon
- Little flower
- The high cost of stripping
- Family life
- All you need is love
- Florida
- On the road again
- Sugar sugar
- Theatres
- Legendary ladies
- Birds of a feather
- You gotta have a gimmick
- The swinging g-string
- Stage door Johnnies
- Money
- Mixing
- Interlude before evening
- Men who made us great
- The exotic others
- Pasties and more
- The Burly beat
- The mob
- Texas justice
- ...And a grind
- The show must go on
- Gossip
- Women who changed Burlesque
- A leap of faith
- Bye, bye Burlesque
- Blackout.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781620876916 (hc. : alk. paper)
- 1620876914 (hc. : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 843423594
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