Goddess of Love Incarnate (eBook)

Leslie Zemeckis (Autor)

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2015
400 Seiten
Counterpoint (Verlag)
978-1-61902-656-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Lili St. Cyr was, in the words of legendary reporter Mike Wallace, the highest paid stripteaser in America.” Wallace was so fascinated by Lili that out of all the presidents and celebrities he interviewed over a long career, towards the end of his life, she was the one he remained fixated on. Her beauty had that kind of effect.Lili St. Cyr, the one time queen of burlesque, led an incredible life six marriages, romances with Orson Wells, Yul Brenner, Vic Damone, a number of suicide attempts, all alongside great fame and money. Yet despite her fierce will she lost it all; becoming a recluse in her final decades, she eked out a living selling old photos of herself living with magazines taped over her windows.Goddess of Love Incarnate will be the definitive biography of this legendary figure, done with the cooperation of Lili’s only surviving relative. But the book does more than fascinate readers with stories of a byone era. St. Cyr was ahead of her time in facing the perils and prejudices of working women, and the book offers a portrait of a strong artistic figure who went against the traditional roles and mores expected of women at

Autor

Leslie Zemeckis is the author of Behind the Burly Q, the definitive history of burlesque. She wrote/produced/directed the critically acclaimed documentary based on the book, which has been championed by USA Today and The New Yorker. Behind the Burly Q has just been optioned for a television series and a pilot is under-development. She released "Bound by Flesh," a multi-award winning documentary about vaudeville Siamese twin superstars Daisy and Violet Hilton, in 2014. She is an actress and filmmaker.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Schlagworte: behind the burly q • biography of burlesque • biography of stripper • book about burlesque • book about pornography • book about stripteaser • book about strpipping • bound by flesh • Goddess of Love • godess of love incarnate • illustrated biography • leslei zemeckis • lesley zemeckis • leslie memekcis • leslie zemekis • lili st. cry • lili st cyr • lilly st. cyr
• ISBN-10: 1-61902-656-2 / 1619026562
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61902-656-8 / 9781619026568