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Red Skelton: The Mask behind the Mask
Indiana Historical Society Press, 2008 eISBN: 978-0-87195-355-1 | Cloth: 978-0-87195-275-2 Library of Congress Classification PN2287.S395G44 2008 Dewey Decimal Classification 792.7028092
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
For more than twenty years, Hoosier comic Red Skelton entertained millions of viewers who gathered around their television sets to delight in the antics of such notable characters as Freddie the Freeloader, Clem Kaddiddlehopper, Cauliflower McPugg, and Sheriff Deadeye. Noted film historian Wes D. Gehring examines the man behind the characters—someone who never let the facts get in the way of a good story. Gehring delves into Skelton's hardscrabble life with a shockingly dysfunctional family in the southern Indiana community of Vincennes, his days on the road on the vaudeville circuit, the comedian's early success on radio, his up-and-down movie career with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and his sometimes tragic personal life. See other books on: 1913-1997 | Comedians | Entertainment & Performing Arts | Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) | State & Local See other titles from Indiana Historical Society Press |
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Red Skelton: The Mask behind the Mask
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
Indiana Historical Society Press, 2008
eISBN: 978-0-87195-355-1
Cloth: 978-0-87195-275-2
eISBN: 978-0-87195-355-1
Cloth: 978-0-87195-275-2
For more than twenty years, Hoosier comic Red Skelton entertained millions of viewers who gathered around their television sets to delight in the antics of such notable characters as Freddie the Freeloader, Clem Kaddiddlehopper, Cauliflower McPugg, and Sheriff Deadeye. Noted film historian Wes D. Gehring examines the man behind the characters—someone who never let the facts get in the way of a good story. Gehring delves into Skelton's hardscrabble life with a shockingly dysfunctional family in the southern Indiana community of Vincennes, his days on the road on the vaudeville circuit, the comedian's early success on radio, his up-and-down movie career with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and his sometimes tragic personal life.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
