Hirschfeld: The Biography
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (866 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XRGMML4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 203 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He drove until he was ninety-eight and always found a parking space. He had three wives, a formidable agent, and a daughter, Nina, the most famous little girl no one knows. Perelman, Brooks Atkinson, Carol Channing, Gloria Vanderbilt, Elia Kazan, William Saroyan, Marlene Dietrich—trooped in and out. His distinctive drawings appeared in TheNew York Times and other publications for more than seventy-five years. The first definitive biography of the legendary Al Hirschfeld, the caricaturist of BroadwayAl Hirschfeld knew everybody and drew everybody. He played the piano, went to jazz joints with Eugene O’Neill, and wrote a musical that bombed. &ldqu
Who else threw dinner parties twice a week and drove a car until age 98?" Library Journal, May Nonfiction Pick"Much-needed, affectionate, and entertaining As the first substantive biography of Hirschfeld, this will be welcomed by art and Broadway lovers alike." Kirkus Reviews. "Al Hirschfeld's caricatures, especially and gloriously of key theater people, graced the pages of the New York Times and other publications for more than 75 years. But there was more to his life, as shown by Stern
In magazines she has profiled such institutions as ‘21,’ the Russian Tea Room, the Staten Island Ferry, Madame Tussauds, Marc Connelly, the New Amsterdam Theatre, the last Shakers, the Brill Building, and Frank E. . Ellen Stern has been a writer and editor at New York, GQ, and the Daily N