HERMES PAN MAN DANCED FRED ASTAIRE C: The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire - Hardcover

FRANCESCHINA

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199754292 ISBN 13: 9780199754298

Publisher: Academic, 2008

Synopsis

Hermes Pan Hermes Pan: The Man who Danced with Fred Astaire is a rags-to-riches story about a boy from Tennessee who, armed with only an 8th grade education, an inexhaustible imagination, and an innate talent for dancing, becomes the most prolific and popular choreographer of the glory days of the Hollywood musical.

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Review:

I always considered Hermes Pan to be my 'other father', and though I knew much of his story, in this wonderfully informative book John Franceschina has filled the gaps. (Ava Astaire McKenzie)

About the Author:

John Franceschina is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre at The Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Sisters of Gore: Seven Gothic Melodramas by British Women, Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, Homosexualities in the English Theatre from Lyly to Wilde, The Dramatic Works of the Marquis de Sade (3 volumes), Duke Ellington's Music for the Theater, David Braham: The American Offenbach, Harry B. Smith: Dean of American Librettists, They Started Talking: The Autobiography of Frank Tuttle, Socialists, Socialites, and Sociopaths: The Plays of Frank Tuttle, and Against the Grain: Theatre from Ritual to Realism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199754292
• ISBN 13: 9780199754298
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 318