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The Brief, Madcap Life of Kay Kendall

The Brief, Madcap Life of Kay Kendall

Reviews

"Golden grapples nobly with this captivating sprite, and the difficulty of how to assess Kendall's potential greatness alongside her undoubtedly zestful spirit." — The London Times

"Be grateful that it has found its way into print on this side of the Atlantic." — The Washington Post

"The whole book exudes a wonderful spirit of fun . . . Golden does a marvelous job of juggling the lightness of Kay's life and the terrible reality of her death." — Classic Images


University Press of Kentucky, 2002

208 pages, 42 photos

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Kay Kendall, ca. 1955
Kay Kendall, ca. 1955
Kay Kendall with husband Rex Harrison in The Reluctant Debutante
Kay Kendall with husband Rex Harrison in The Reluctant Debutante
 
Anna Held and the Birth of Ziegfeld's Broadway

Anna Held and the Birth of Ziegfeld's Broadway

Reviews

“Anna Held personified ‘everything that was glamorous about Broadway, everything that was naughty about Paris’... Golden succeeds in communicating Held’s charm.” —The New York Times Book Review

“In this extravagantly entertaining biography, Golden places Held squarely center stage... while painting a meticulously detailed portrait of the dawn of the last century... Readers will succumb to her vibrantly told tale.” —Publisher’s Weekly

“Consistently fascinating... Golden does very well with the difficult job of bringing an extinct cultural world back to life.” —The Palm Beach Post


University Press of Kentucky, 2000

243 pages, 69 photos

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Anna Held, ca. 1901
Anna Held visiting a Los Angeles ostrich farm, 1911
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