first edition Hardcover
1925 · New York
by JANIS, Elsie
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Gift inscription, and a little soiling at the crown, near fine in good dustwrapper with some overall chipping. Mostly humorous sketches by an interesting and important figure. Born as Elsie Bierbower in Columbus, Ohio, she became a vaudeville star by age eleven, and was soon a star on both Broadway and in London. She became one of the first important American stars to entertain the troops in WWI, and as such was widely beloved, earning her the nickname of "The Sweetheart of the A.E.F." After the war she continued to appear on both stage and screen, as well as writing several popular songs, including the Paramount Pictures theme music "Paramount on Parade"; "Oh Give Me Time for Tenderness" for the film *Dark Victory*; and collaborating on other songs with both Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin. Additionally, she wrote a couple of autobiographies, and was a successful screenwriter, co-writing the script (and songs) for *Madame Satan*, and writing dialogue for Cecil B. DeMille's *Squaw Man,* and several other films. Scarce in jacket. (Inventory #: 97216)