Joe E. Brown
Subtitle: Film Comedian And Baseball Buffoon
Contributors: Conrad Lane (Foreword)
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: September 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780786425891
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Films, cinema; Sports - General; Comedy; Biography / Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Motion picture actors and actresses; Biography/Autobiography; General; Entertainment & Performing Arts - Actors & Actresses; Film & Video - History & Criticism; United States; Baseball; Biography; Comedians
Description: "The reader learns of Joe E. Brown's childhood and how it prepared him for later screen roles, and how his love of baseball translated into screen successes. His career in vaudeville, his work as a Broadway comedian, his road to movie stardom, and how he parlayed his love of sports into big hits are discussed"--Provided by publisher.