My Hollywood Years with Florenz Ziegfeld and Billie Burke
A memoir style reminiscence recounts growing up among stage people and moving to Hollywood with parents. The author contrasts glamorous film stars with real, generous friends encountered over seventy two months, reflecting on early life in the movie industry and family ties to theater.
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Emember
Alice
Wonderland
Thrill
Hollywood
Florenz Ziegfeld
Billie Burke
John Barrymore
Daddy
Mother
How the Movie Stars Look to the GREAT ZIEGFELDS DAUGHTER
Patricia recounts Hollywood life from the 1930s, naming Virginia Bruce, Irving Berlin, Joan Crawford, and Will Rogers among friends. She recalls parties at Jack Harkrider’s studio, the Goldwyns and Astaires, rodeos with Hoot Gibson, and time at Will Rogers Ranch while growing up in a Ziegfeld milieu.
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Veo
Irving
Jascha Heifetz
Mr. Heifetz
Joan Crawford
Hollywood
Brentwood
Santa Monica
Patricia
Timne
Daddy
Hoot Gibson
Bebe Daniels
Ben Lyon
Sally Eilers
Clara Bow
Bill Hart
Bill
Newhall
Mother
Norma Shearer
Kay Francis
Lilyan Tashman
Eddie Cantor
New York
Virginia Bruce
Virginia
Every Week
Jack Harkrider
Jack
Jack’s
Marlene Dietrich
Charlie Farrell
Marian Marsh
Marillyn Morgan
Samuel Goldwyns
Mr. Goldwyn
Goldwyn
Beverly Hills
Fred Astaire
Fred
Charles Boyer
Gary Coopers
Frank Shieldses
Michael Bartlett
Florence Rice
Frank
Johnny Weissmuller
Will Rogers
Mr. Rogers
New Amsterdam
Ziegfeld
Rogers
Will Rogers, Jr
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