Marie Dressler: The Unlikeliest Star

[beautiful, as-new copy, both book and jacket in flawless condition]. (B&W photographs) Biography of the "homely, overweight, and over the hill" actress who nevertheless became one of American's most popular movie stars for a few brief years in the early 1930s before her death from cancer in 1934. Per the jacket blurb: "She left home at the age of fourteen, apprenticed as an eight-dollar-a-week chorus girl in touring stock and light opera companies, then danced and sang her way to stardom in Broadway musical comedy, vaudeville, and burlesque. She perfected her stagecraft on the Great White Way, and though she longed to play dramatic roles, she realized early that if she was going to make it big she would need to do it on talent rather than on looks." Filmography; Notes; Bibliography; Index. ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. As always at ReadInk, domestic Media Mail shipping is free.****

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Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky

Year: (c.1997)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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