Beryl Halley

The Life and Follies of a Ziegfeld Beauty, 1897-1988

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Born in rural Ohio in 1897, Beryl Halley was educated at a strict Freewill Baptist school. After briefly teaching in a one-room schoolhouse, she joined the navy in 1918 before her unlikely path led her to Broadway, then to the Ziegfeld Follies (1923-1925). She also appeared in Earl Carroll's Vanities and other revues, as well as in films, and had a widely publicized brush with the law (over alleged nudity) in 1926.She retired from show business in 1930, married an insurance executive and had a family, later reappearing in the public eye as an officer in the Ziegfeld Girls' Club. Making her home in Houston in the 1950s, she worked as legal secretary for a large law firm. Her death at age 90 was unpublicized. Her story is told here for the first time.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-08-09
Mått152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt295 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor217
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476676432

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Jacob L. Bapst is a retired administrator and instructor from the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College, located in Rio Grande, Ohio. He currently serves as the school’s archivist. The late Ivan M. Tribe, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College, in Rio Grande, Ohio, authored 12 books and more than 250 magazine and journal articles.

Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Representative Ziegfeld Girl1. Bladen to Rio Grande, 1897–19132. Rio Grande to Norfolk, Virginia, 1913–19203. Norfolk to Broadway, 1920–19244. Ziegfeld Girl, 1924–19255. Palm Beach Nights, The Bunk … and More, 1926–19276. The Bladen Beauty’s “Big Apple,” or Beryl Halley’s New York City7. The World She Left Behind, or Gallia County in Prosperity and Depression8. Life After the Follies, 1927–19299. Surviving the Depression, 1929–193310. Marriage and the Ziegfeld Girls Club, 1933–194111. New York to Texas, 1941–195312. Texas, 1953–1988Appendix: Beryl’s BuddiesChapter NotesBibliographyIndex