Title: The other Marilyn : a biography of Marilyn Miller /
Authors: Harris, Warren G.
Publisher: Arbor House,
Year: 1985
Subjects: Miller, Marilyn,; Entertainers United States Biography
Abstract: In the roaring, topsy-turvy decades between the First and Second World Wars, the name Marilyn and the initials MM signified only one luminary - Marilyn Miller. She was Broadway's premiere musical star, the prized creation of the Great Glorifier, Florenz Ziegfeld, the star of Hollywood extravaganzas, and America's adored, delicately beautiful angel. Warren G. Harris's fascinating biography of this largely forgotten first Marilyn re-creates a gaudy and glorious time in the American theater. It is peopled with names now legendary: Sigmund Romberg, Mary Pickford, Billie Burke, Clifton Webb, Eddie Cantor, Jerome Kern, Fred Astaire, Jack Warner, W. C. Fields, Fannie Brice, Moss Hart, and many others. Revue after dazzling revue was created for her, first by Lee Schubert, who made her a start when she was not yet sixteen, and the by Ziegfeld, who capitalized on her loveliness and her talent as a dancer, singer, and charmer.^
Contents: Miss Miller, you're on! -- Mademoiselle Sugarlump -- Shubert discovery -- Ziegfeld star -- Young Mrs. Carter -- A waif named Sally -- Fairy princess -- A turbulent courtship -- Marily Pickford -- Sprite and circus queen -- Changes -- Princess Rosalie -- Going Hollywood -- Nothing to smile about -- The new "it" girl -- The end of an era -- Thousands cheer again -- The star and the chorus boy -- No silver lining.