Fred Stone was one of America's most versatile and talented of
Broadway's colorful entertainers. Audiences quickly discovered he
could do anything and everything, from tightrope walking and
acrobatics to song-and-dance, musical comedies, and straight drama.
This work chronicles his extraordinary life and career. He was born
in a log cabin August 19, 1873, in Valmont, Colorado, to a family
that was part of the covered-wagon migration into the virtually
unknown West. He joined a traveling circus at age 11 and two years
later, joined a different one as a self-taught tightrope walker.
During his teens, Stone performed on the variety stage, and at age
22, met Dave Montgomery, with whom he performed for over twenty
years, including Broadway musicals, notably as the scarecrow in The
Wizard of Oz. After Montgomery's tragic death in 1917, Stone
continued to perform and shared his continued success with his
closest friend Will Rogers, and Annie Oakley, Broadway producer
Charles Dillingham, Western artists Charles Russell and Ed Borein,
and author Rex Beach. Stone appeared in some 18 movies, from 1918
to 1940, including such western classics as The Westerner and Trail
of the Lonesome Pine. In 1950, he retired from show business and
during the last years of his life suffered from increasing
blindness and heart trouble. He died at his Los Angeles home in
1959.
General
| Imprint: |
McFarland & Company
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
2002 |
| First published: |
2002 |
| Authors: |
Armond Fields
|
| Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
303 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7864-1161-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-7864-1161-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780786411610 |
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