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Show Girl by McEvoy, J.P - 1928

by McEvoy, J.P

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Show Girl by McEvoy, J.P - 1928

Show Girl

by McEvoy, J.P

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  • Hardcover
New York City: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Unusual novel set in the Jazz age using letters, telegrams and newspaper clippings to tell the story of this Jazz age babe Dixie Dugan and her wild adventures. Later used for the basis of several forgotten films. The highlight of the book is its colorful busy Art Deco inspired dustjacket. Some light fading to the spine panel and a small chip at the top, otherwise a vg copy in a vg. dustjacket. . 6th Printing. Cloth with Dustjacket.
  • Bookseller Cinemage Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used
  • Edition 6th Printing
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Grosset & Dunlap
  • Place of Publication New York City
  • Date Published 1928
  • Keywords Show Girls, Show Biz, Theatre, Books Into Films , Jazz, Murder, Novels

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Show Girl

Show Girl

by McEvoy, J.P

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good in Good dj
Edition
5th/6th printing
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Hardcover
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New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Good dj. 1928. 5th/6th printing. Hardcover. [upper corners bumped and slightly worn (minor exposure of boards), some wear to cloth at spine ends; jacket worn and dog-eared along bottom edge, minor paper loss at top of spine, small chip at bottom front hinge, faint dampstaining to rear panel]. One of the more well-known entries in what might be called the "ambitious-girl-makes-good-and-writes-home-about-it" genre of comic novel, this relates the showbizzy adventures of Dixie Dugan, "the hottest little wench that ever shook a scanties at a tired business man." The tale is told in a narrative mash-up consisting of telegrams, news articles, vaudeville blackout skits, business letters, and letters to and from Dixie's boyfriend back home in Muncie, Indiana. Both this book and its follow-up, "Hollywood Girl," were adapted for the movies, and by the end of 1929 a "Dixie Dugan" newspaper comic strip had made… Read More
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Show Girl

by McEVOY, J.P

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
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  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Boards a bit bowed, spine lettering rubbed and faded, a sound, about very good copy lacking the dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to director and actor Erich von Stroheim with von Stroheim's bookplate: "To my very good friend 'Von'. Piously, J.P. McEvoy. Jan. 29 - '29 [with a sketch of a person]." The first of McEvoy's novels to feature Dixie Dugan, a Brooklyn-born showgirl who conquers Broadway and Hollywood. Dixie Dugan, based on the life and appearance of Louise Brooks, was the central character in several films including the Alfred Santell-directed *Show Girl* (1928) with Alice White and Donald Reed; Mervyn Leroy's 1930 *Show Girl in Hollywood* with White and Jack Mulhall; *Le Masque d'Hollywood* (1931) directed by Clarence Badger and John Daumery; and *Dixie Dugan* (1943) directed by Otto Brower. McEvoy is also known for his plays and novels which were adapted into films for W.C. Fields including *It's the Old Army… Read More
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