Notes on a Cowardly Lion - The Biography of Bert Lahr
Author(s): John Lahr
John Lahr's stunning and complex biography of his father, the legendary actor and comedian Bert Lahr
Notes on a Cowardly Lion is John Lahr's masterwork: an all-encompassing biography of his father, the comedian and performer Bert Lahr. Best known as the Cowardly Lion in MGM's classic The Wizard of Oz, Lahr was a consummate artist whose career spanned burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway, and Hollywood. While he could be equally raucous and polished in public, Lahr was painfully insecure and self-absorbed in private, keeping his family at arm's length as he quietly battled his inner demons.
Told with an impressive objectivity and keen understanding of the construction--and destruction--of the performer, Notes on a Cowardly Lion is more than one man's quest to understand his father; it is an extraordinary examination of a life in American show business.
General Information
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- : Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
- : Open Road Media Books
- : 05 December 2017
- : books
Other Specifications
- : John Lahr
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 791/.0924
- : 452