Leslie Zemeckis: 3 books
Feuding Fan Dancers
Faith Bacon, Sally Rand, and the Golden Age of the Showgirl
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Leslie Zemeckis continues to discover the forgotten feminist histories of the golden age of entertainment, turning her sights on the lost stories of Sally Rand and Faith Bacon—icons who each claimed to be the inventor of the notorious fan dance
Some women capture our attention like no others....
Behind the Burly Q
The Story of Burlesque in America
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
“A well-researched, intimate portrait of burlesque and the women who teased and seduced their ways into the hearts of the American public” (Nancy Powell, Shelf Awareness).
Burlesque was one of America’s most popular forms of live entertainment in the first half of the twentieth century....
Goddess of Love Incarnate
The Life of Stripteuse Lili St. Cyr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Lili St. Cyr was, in the words of legendary reporter Mike Wallace, the highest paid stripteaser in America.” Wallace was so fascinated by Lili that out of all the presidents and celebrities he interviewed over a long career, towards the end of his life, she was the one he remained fixated on....