Inventing Elsa Maxwell
Subtitle: how an irrepressible nobody conquered high society, Hollywood, the press, and the world
By: Sam Staggs
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780312699444; 9781250017758
Subjects: Socialites; Television personalities; Actors; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The sun never sets on Elsa Maxwell; title: The duchess of Keokuk; title: An oasis of civilization in the California desert; title: Where were you at 5:13 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906?; title: Now voyager, sail thou forth; title: Send me a tenor; title: I've written a letter to mother; title: Dickie; title: A night at the suffragist opera; title: Fifty million Frenchmen; title: A perfect blendship; title: A funny thing happened on the way to Versailles; title: A footnote as big as the Ritz; title: I love the nightlife; title: Jean, Joy, and Noel; title: Noblesse oblige; title: Everything's coming up Elsa; title: The guilty party; title: We open in Venice; title: Sunrise at Monte Carlo; title: The rotunda of generous matrons; title: How to become a movie star at fifty-five; title: Upstaged by her own underwear; title: When in doubt, give a party; title: Put the blame on Elsa; title: Enigma variations; title: And say hello to my niece, Princess Margaret; title: The Isles of Greece; title: One God, one Callas; title: Snakes on a plane; title: Rome trembled; title: Jack's guests tonight are; title: Cocktails and laughter, but what comes after?; title: When death occurs; title: Renewer of hearts; title: Dickie revisited; title: Elsa's kingdom.