Wiv a Little Bit O' Luck: The Life Story of Stanley Holloway (as Told to Dick Richards)A fascinating medley of light-hearted memories, peppered with stories and sidelights of many of the world's greatest entertainers._ |
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Page 148
... going to be a nightly show , a kind of pow - wow among celebrities with a not - too - rigid formula and it was going to be called Tonightor Today or The Jack Paar Show or something like that . As far as I was concerned I could be on it ...
... going to be a nightly show , a kind of pow - wow among celebrities with a not - too - rigid formula and it was going to be called Tonightor Today or The Jack Paar Show or something like that . As far as I was concerned I could be on it ...
Page 204
... going to follow it ? ' I saw Bert on my first trip to New York , when variety was flourishing . A happy time for me , and I went to the Palace on Broadway . Prohibition was very much in the news . There was talk of it being repealed and ...
... going to follow it ? ' I saw Bert on my first trip to New York , when variety was flourishing . A happy time for me , and I went to the Palace on Broadway . Prohibition was very much in the news . There was talk of it being repealed and ...
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... going to open with The Co - Optimists Leslie was around . He thought I was being wasted when he saw the dress rehearsal at the Royalty . I wasn't singing my baritone solos . In fact , I wasn't in the first half at all . Leslie raged ...
... going to open with The Co - Optimists Leslie was around . He thought I was being wasted when he saw the dress rehearsal at the Royalty . I wasn't singing my baritone solos . In fact , I wasn't in the first half at all . Leslie raged ...
Contents
The CoOps Gather | 16 |
The Boy Soprano Branches | 42 |
Four | 49 |
Copyright | |
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