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Bernard Sobel BURLESQUE. A Pictorial History of Ziegfeld Vaudeville Follies

Description: Shipping: All items will be packed safely in a sturdy package for safe shipping.We ship internationally and offer combined shipping for multiple purchases. Expedited, Priority Mail and FedEx shipping available Once payment is received, we ship your item on the next business day. Some great books and Magazines on Vaudeville, Burlesque, Music Hall and the FolliesClick on this link for more Theater and Vaudeville Books! Click on this link for more Radio Television and Broadcasting Magazines and Books!A Pictorial History of Burlesque Hardcover – January 1, 1956by Bernard Sobel (Author)Mr. Sobel is a big burlesque fan. In this, his second book on burlesque (the first being Burleycue: An Underground History of Burlesque Days), he writes glowingly about the comedy, the variety, the clever parodies, even the “Amazon parade” (a chorus of pretty girls in scanty costumes). Then he bemoans the later addition of striptease, which ruined good old-fashioned burlesque. Despite that attitude, he does give peelers a fair shake, with an entire chapter (plus some) dedicated to some of the foremost practitioners of the art.As promised in the title, the book is filled with photographs illustrating the history of burlesque from the days of The British Blondes and minstrel shows to “modern” (mid-1950’s) stripteasers and comics. There are individual chapters on comedy, music, management and other topics interspersed with a roughly chronological history of the artform.First Edition 1956 by Bonanza Books Hardcover w dust jacket. 10.5x8". 194pages with numerous black and white photosCONDITION VERY GOODBook in close to new condition with slight wear to jacket. Interior clean, no markings, odor or animal hairs, binding and spine sound, jacket has small tear at corners ABOUT US: 15 years of experience in online selling with high customer satisfaction . BUY WITH CONFIDENCE - If you don't like the item, just return it in the way you received it and we will gladly return the purchase price.Here in lively text and a wealth of pictures is the history of burlesque from Aristophanes to Minsky. For all practical purposes, however, burlesque in America began with the leg show when Lydia Thompson and her British Blondes, all of whom wore tights, delightfully shocked New York audiences in the 1860’s.When it reached its peak in the early years of this century, burlesque was a composite entertainment that took its components from the minstrel show, variety, extravaganza, comedy “bits,” and Extra Added Attractions like boxing bouts and the can-can. It owed its demise to Prohibition, the cinema, and the advent of short skirts when the sight of a woman’s legs ceased to be a rarity.Target for periodic attacks by press and public, burlesque fell into I’ll repute with the inauguration of such refinements as the striptease, but Mr. Sobel maintains that it fulfilled a useful function for many years as the poor man’s clubhouse when, for an amount within the means of almost anyone, men could escape from nagging wives and business worries. Not that the audience was confined to the poverty-stricken, for men from every class of society were constant, though often surreptitious, habitués. For many also it was the ideal school for a vicarious sowing of wild oats and for learning the facts of life by way of glamour and merriment.The influence of burlesque can be clearly traced in the modern entertainment world. Many of today’s stars of stage, screen, TV and night clubs owe their start to burlesque. Gypsy Rose Lee, Bobby Clark, Phil Silvers, Joe E. Brown, and Sophie Tucker first flaunted their wares in honky-Tonkin and burlesque olio; Eddie Cantor, W. C. Fields and Fanny Brice cut their teeth as comedians in the hurly-burly of wisecracking burlesque audiences.THE AUTHORBernard Sobel is the outstanding expert on American burlesque history. Variety states that his Burleycue, published in 1931, is “the only authoritative book on the subject.” He has contributed to the Oxford Companion to the Stage, Collier’s Encyclopedia, the Saturday Review, American Mercury, Theatre Arts, etc. His Theatre Handbook has been selling consistency for sixteen years. Mr. Sobel was for many years press agent for Florenz Ziegfeld, Earl Carroll, the Messrs. Shubert, M-G-M, Paramount, United Artists, etc.Table of Contents(from the cited edition)1. As It Was in the Beginning2. Lydia Thompson and Her British Blondes3. The Origins of American Burlesque4. Michael Leavitt and his Rentz-Santley Shows5. The Complete Show6. Sam T. Jack — A Foot in Each Camp7. Honky-Tonk8. The School for Comics9. The Wheels10. The Nineties11. A Manager’s Lot12. The Golden Era — 1900-191013. Striptease14. Books and Music15. Burlesque Stars on Broadway16. Minsky17. Decline and FallIndex Please check my other listings for some great vintage Turntable and Phonograph items, Phonograph and Music books! Click here for some great items up for auction and fixed price items: Click here for more great Books, Catalogs, Phonograph and Turntable Items! Photos may have been taken under fluerescent light. Color values may have shiften. WE OFFER SHIPPING DISCOUNTS. IF you win multiple items, please wait for me to send you an invoice first before paying. That way I can make sure that you will receive a single low postage for the whole package. All items will be safely packed to avoid any damage and promptly shipped. Thank you for your interest, and enjoy! 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