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Jazz Age Beauties : The Lost Collection of Ziegfeld Photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston
Hudovernik Robert
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Description for Jazz Age Beauties : The Lost Collection of Ziegfeld Photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston
Hardback. Celebrates the Ziegfeld Follies girls with portraits and publicity stills by photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston. This work has more than 100 vintage photographs of Broadway starlets and silent film actresses. It is an ode to an era of America's history. It is also a document of one of America's first star makers, Alfred Cheney Johnston. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AJ; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 182 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Despite Prohibition, the 20s was the decade of jazz, flappers and hip flasks. While some took their vote and joined the Woman s Christian Temperance Movement, others, well, took liberties. Compiled here for the first time are more than 200 publicity stills and photos of some of America s first It girls the silent film-era starlets who paved the way for the cacophony of Monroes and Madonnas to follow. Accompanying these iconic images are the stories behind them, including accounts from surviving Ziegfeld Girls, as well as ads featuring them that helped perpetuate the allure of It ... Read more
Despite Prohibition, the 20s was the decade of jazz, flappers and hip flasks. While some took their vote and joined the Woman s Christian Temperance Movement, others, well, took liberties. Compiled here for the first time are more than 200 publicity stills and photos of some of America s first It girls the silent film-era starlets who paved the way for the cacophony of Monroes and Madonnas to follow. Accompanying these iconic images are the stories behind them, including accounts from surviving Ziegfeld Girls, as well as ads featuring them that helped perpetuate the allure of It ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Universe Publishing
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780789313812
SKU
V9780789313812
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About Hudovernik Robert
Robert Hudovernik is a freelance writer, photographer and scriptwriter. He wrote and produced a documentary funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities entitled Circus Echoes on the golden age of circus entertainment during the Art Deco era.
Reviews for Jazz Age Beauties : The Lost Collection of Ziegfeld Photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston
“This sumptuous book features more than 200 publicity stills and photos of America’s original “It” girls, as well as the “secret’ nudes discovered on photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston’s estate after his death.” ~The Globe and Mail