The Hirschfeld Century: Portrait of an Artist and His Age PDF
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This Is a Borzoi Book Published by Alfred A. Knopf Copyright © 2015 by David Leopold All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd., Toronto. www.aaknopf.com Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC. All artwork and illustration credits can be found following the index. All artwork © The Al Hirschfeld Foundation (www.AlHirschfeldFoundation.org) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Leopold, David, [date] The Hirschfeld century / by David Leopold. — First Edition. pages cm ISBN 978-1-101-87497-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-101-87498-1 (eBook) 1. Hirschfeld, Al—Criticism and interpretation. I. Hirschfeld, Al. Works. Selections. II. Title. NC1429.H527L46 2015 741.56973—dc23 2014047134 Front-of-jacket image: Self-Portrait, Fogg Museum at Harvard University Spine-of-jacket images: (top) Lionel Hampton, Collection of the Al Hirschfeld Foundation; (bottom) Tom Wolfe, Collection of the Al Hirschfeld Foundation Back-of-jacket images: (top, left to right) Ella Fitzgerald, Fogg Museum at Harvard University; Christopher Plummer in Barrymore, private collection, New York; (bottom) King Vidor’s Hallelujah, public domain Cover design by Carol Devine Carson v3.1 For Al and Louise Jane Cowl in The Road to Rome, 1928 Cowl made her New York stage debut at nineteen and was a star by the time she was twenty-eight. Brooks Atkinson spoke for many when he hailed her “personal beauty, impeccability of manners, humorous vitality, and simple command of the art of acting.” She holds the record for playing Juliet more than any other actress in theater history. Here she appears in a revival of Robert Sherwood’s first play, The Road to Rome, about Hannibal’s attempt to capture Rome. She had starred in the original production a season earlier and after a five-month break returned to play another season on Broadway. Sherwood would go on to win three Pulitzers for his plays and an Oscar for his screenwriting. CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication INTRODUCTION THE TWENTIES THE THIRTIES THE FORTIES THE FIFTIES THE SIXTIES THE SEVENTIES THE EIGHTIES THE NINETIES THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES INDEX
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