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The five Sedgwicks : pioneer entertainers of Vaudeville, film and television / Michael Zmuda.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zmuda, Michael, 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sedgwick family.
- Sedgwick, Ned, 1868-.
- Sedgwick, Ned.
- Sedgwick, Fenie, 1872-.
- Sedgwick, Fenie.
- Sedgwick, Edward, 1892-1953.
- Sedgwick, Edward.
- Sedgwick, Josie, 1898-1973.
- Sedgwick, Josie.
- Sedgwick, Eileen.
- Entertainers--United States--History--20th century.
- Entertainers.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Individually and together, The Five Sedgwicks are among the unsung heroes of early film making in Hollywood. Their work took them from vaudeville to silent film, through the studio era and into the Golden Age of television. By the late 1920's the Sedgwick siblings were well-known motion picture personalities: Edward was satirized by actor Harry Gribbon as an enthusiastic comedy director in King Vidor's 1928 silent comedy hit Show People; Josie was a star of Western films and was presented the honorific title of ""Queen of the Roundup""; Universal Films promoted Eileen as their ""Queen of the Ser
- Contents:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; One. Medicine Shows and Gas-Lighted Theaters; Two. Tank Towns and Four-a-Day Vaudeville; Three. Orange Groves and Shootouts; Four. Dynamite's Daughter, the Ramblin' Kid, and the Diamond Queen; Five. The Saddle Hawk, Lightnin' the Police Dog and Leo the Lion; Six. The Rise of the Almighty Studio System and the Fall of the Silent Film; Seven. The Business of Laughter During the Depression Years; Eight. A Hollywood in Transition and the Fate of the Silent Idol; Nine. Nazis, Country Bumpkins, and a Couple of Redheads; Ten. Journey Beyond the Silver Screen
- Sedgwick Family Filmography Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-1781-3
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