 A dancer's scrapbook, from the Capitol Theatre New York City to Carnegie Hall with Doris Niles.
Author: Leslie, Serge Published: 1987 The story of a beautiful Californian girl who became one of the great Broadway stars of the 1920s, and later a famous Spanish dancer in the Europe of the 1930s. It is also the story of the now defunct art form of Prologue and Presentation: in the early days of the cinema films were not shown alone, but in carefully balanced programmes with major dance, music and variety artists. Some of the greatest names in American entertainment appeared in these programmes, and their stories too will be found in these pages. |
