Length9h 9m
About this audiobook
This book is about the American Arts scene in the early 1920s. Seldes devotes a chapter to each of the arts. These are motion pictures; music; US. theater; dance; journalism; circus and American Wit and Humour. Several prominent practitioners of the time are discussed.
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GenreOther
Length9 hrs 9 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 10, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ILLUSTRATIONS
30The Krazy Kat That Walks by Himself
2The Keystone the Builders Rejected
31THE KRAZY KAT THAT WALKS BY HIMSELF
3THE KEYSTONE THE BUILDERS REJECTED
32The Damned Effrontery of the Two-a-Day
4An Imaginary Conversation
33THE DAMNED EFFRONTERY OF THE TWO-A-DAY
5AN IMAGINARY CONVERSATION
34They Call It Dancing
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6“I am Here To-Day”: Charlie Chaplin
35THEY CALL IT DANCING
7“I AM HERE TO-DAY”: CHARLIE CHAPLIN
36St Simeon Stylites
8Say It With Music
37ST SIMEON STYLITES
9SAY IT WITH MUSIC
38Burlesque, Circus, Clowns, and Acrobats
10Tearing a Passion to Ragtime
39BURLESQUE, CIRCUS, CLOWNS, AND ACROBATS
11TEARING A PASSION TO RAGTIME
40The True and Inimitable Kings of Laughter
12Toujours Jazz
41THE TRUE AND INIMITABLE KINGS OF LAUGHTER
13TOUJOURS JAZZ
42The Great God Bogus
14Mr Dooley, Meet Mr Lardner
43THE GREAT GOD BOGUS
15MR DOOLEY, MEET MR LARDNER
44An Open Letter to the Movie Magnates
16A Tribute to Florenz Ziegfeld
45AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MOVIE MAGNATES
17A TRIBUTE TO FLORENZ ZIEGFELD
46Before a Picture by Picasso
18The Darktown Strutters on Broadway
47BEFORE A PICTURE BY PICASSO
19THE DARKTOWN STRUTTERS ON BROADWAY
48Appendices
20Plan For a Lyric Theatre in America
49APPENDIX TO “I AM HERE TO-DAY”
21PLAN FOR A LYRIC THEATRE IN AMERICA
50“BANANAS” AND OTHER SONGS
22The One-Man Show
51APPENDIX TO “THESE, TOO ...”
23THE ONE-MAN SHOW
52THE KRAZY KAT BALLET
24The Dæmonic in the American Theatre
53FURTHER NOTE ON THE FRATELLINI
25THE DÆMONIC IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE
54THE CINEMA NOVEL
26These, Too ...
55ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
27THESE, TOO ...
56Index of Principal Names
28The “Vulgar” Comic Strip
57INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES
29THE “VULGAR” COMIC STRIP
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