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Veteran journalist and biographer Robbins ( Yul Brynner ) recalls the life of the late comic, the small man with the big nose known to his fans as Schnozzola. Born in 1894 to French-Italian parents, Durante grew up on Manhattan's Lower East Side and quit school early. He began playing piano in tough clubs and telling jokes, even though he was "afraid people would laugh at me." But audiences only laughed with Durante as he assaulted the English language and warbled the dizzy songs that made him a star on Broadway, radio, movies and TV. The author attributes the entertainer's worldwide popularity not only to his singular talents but to his kindness, generosity and courtesy (an assessment backed up by the affectionate reminiscences of Frank Sinatra, George Burns, Marlene Dietrich, Ethel Merman, Bette Davis and a host of other admirers). Numerous anecdotes portray the Schnoz as a man without an enemy, a rare phenomenon in showbiz. Photos. Movie/Entertainment Book Club selection.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Durante's endearing brand of comedy, based on nose jokes and malapropisms delivered with an air of innocence, never failed to please his audiences. Robbins, author of Everybody's Man: A Biography of Jimmy Stewart ( LJ 2/1/85), here relates how Durante's career began in Coney Island honky-tonks and endured burlesque, vaudeville, radio, and film before progressing to television. He combines interview quotes with previously published material padded out with asides of social history. Since Robbins could not find a single detractor, he concludes that Durante apparently was truly the generous, loyal, lovable guy that he appeared to be, despite an unhappy first marriage. Purchase where film biographies circulate.
- Marcia L. Perry, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Mass.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Marcia L. Perry, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Mass.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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