Notes on a Cowardly Lion
The Biography of Bert Lahr| By: | John Lahr |
| Publisher: | Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press) |
| Print ISBN: | 9781453288740 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781453295731 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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John Lahr?s stunning and complex biography of his father, the legendary actor and comedian Bert Lahr ? Notes on a Cowardly Lion is John Lahr?s masterwork: an all-encompassing biography of his father, the comedian and performer Bert Lahr. Best known as the Cowardly Lion in MGM?s classic The Wizard of Oz, Lahr was a consummate artist whose career spanned burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway, and Hollywood. While he could be equally raucous and polished in public, Lahr was painfully insecure and self-absorbed in private, keeping his family at arm?s length as he quietly battled his inner demons. ? Told with an impressive objectivity and keen understanding of the construction?and destruction?of the performer, Notes on a Cowardly Lion is more than one man?s quest to understand his father; it is an extraordinary examination of a life in American show business.