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100 1 a| Rockfern, Daniel.=| ^A676492;

245 10 a| Lorenz Hart :b| a poet on Broadway /c| Frederick Nolan.;

260 a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| 1994.;

300 a| x, 390 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-361) and indexes.;

505 0 a| Max and Frieda -- Love at first sight -- A lonely Romeo -- A couple of college kids -- Doldrums -- The blond beast -- Campfire days -- The brief career of Herbert Richard Lorenz -- Gilding the guild -- Crest of a wave -- More gaieties -- The great Ziegfeld -- "One dam thing after another" -- A great big beautiful hit -- A willing ham for Dillingham -- Oscar Hammerstein was right -- Makers of melody -- Wall Street lays an egg -- Ten cents a dance -- Hard times on Broadway -- Hollywood bound -- A Jolson story -- Goldwyn's folly -- Night madness -- Yesterday's men -- Billy Rose's Jumbo -- "The saddest man I ever knew" -- Twice in a lifetime -- "The biggest opening since the Grand Canyon" -- A special after-dark existence -- Musical comedy meets its masters -- "If it's good enough for Shakespeare..." -- The French have a word for it -- Bothered and bewildered -- I could have been a genius -- Nobody's Hart -- To keep my love alive -- What have I lived for? -- Coda -- Appendix 1. Lyrics by Hart: a show-by-show listing -- Appendix 2. Lyrics by Hart: an alphbetical listing.;

520 a| This book presents the public triumphs of a true genius of the American musical theatre, and the personal tragedies of a man his friend the singer Mabel Mercer described as "the saddest man I ever knew." The author began researching this definitive biography in 1968, tracking down and interviewing Hart's friends and collaborators one by one, including a remarkable conversation with Richard Rodgers himself. A veritable who's who of Broadway's golden age, including Joshua Logan, Gene Kelly, George Abbott, and many more, recall their uncensored and often hilarious, sometimes poignant memories of the cigar-chomping impresario who composed some of the best lyrics ever concocted for the Broadway stage, but who remained forever lost and lonely in the crowds of hangers-on he attracted. A portrait of Hart emerges as a Renaissance man and endearing bon vivant conflicted by his homosexuality and ultimately torn apart by alcoholism.;

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Lorenz Hart : a poet on Broadway / Frederick Nolan.

Author/creator	Rockfern, Daniel
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Description	x, 390 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943. Lyricists--United States. --Biography.

Contents	Max and Frieda -- Love at first sight -- A lonely Romeo -- A couple of college kids -- Doldrums -- The blond beast -- Campfire days -- The brief career of Herbert Richard Lorenz -- Gilding the guild -- Crest of a wave -- More gaieties -- The great Ziegfeld -- "One dam thing after another" -- A great big beautiful hit -- A willing ham for Dillingham -- Oscar Hammerstein was right -- Makers of melody -- Wall Street lays an egg -- Ten cents a dance -- Hard times on Broadway -- Hollywood bound -- A Jolson story -- Goldwyn's folly -- Night madness -- Yesterday's men -- Billy Rose's Jumbo -- "The saddest man I ever knew" -- Twice in a lifetime -- "The biggest opening since the Grand Canyon" -- A special after-dark existence -- Musical comedy meets its masters -- "If it's good enough for Shakespeare..." -- The French have a word for it -- Bothered and bewildered -- I could have been a genius -- Nobody's Hart -- To keep my love alive -- What have I lived for? -- Coda -- Appendix 1. Lyrics by Hart: a show-by-show listing -- Appendix 2. Lyrics by Hart: an alphbetical listing.
Abstract	This book presents the public triumphs of a true genius of the American musical theatre, and the personal tragedies of a man his friend the singer Mabel Mercer described as "the saddest man I ever knew." The author began researching this definitive biography in 1968, tracking down and interviewing Hart's friends and collaborators one by one, including a remarkable conversation with Richard Rodgers himself. A veritable who's who of Broadway's golden age, including Joshua Logan, Gene Kelly, George Abbott, and many more, recall their uncensored and often hilarious, sometimes poignant memories of the cigar-chomping impresario who composed some of the best lyrics ever concocted for the Broadway stage, but who remained forever lost and lonely in the crowds of hangers-on he attracted. A portrait of Hart emerges as a Renaissance man and endearing bon vivant conflicted by his homosexuality and ultimately torn apart by alcoholism.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-361) and indexes.
LCCN	92041968
ISBN	0195068378 (acid-free paper) :

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