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Jack Benny, An Intimate Biography by Irving FeinISBN-13: 9780399116407
ISBN-10: 0399116400
Publication Date: 1976, Third Impression
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Hardcover
5.8 x 8.6 inches, 319 pages
A warm and intimate portrait of the quintessential humorist of an age – Jack Benny – by Irving A. Fein, Jack's personal manager, and with an introduction by George Burns. — When Americans heard the rasping strains of "Love in Bloom" and the first long-drawn-out, perfectly timed "Well!" they sat back and prepared to laugh at that dean of comedians Jack Benny. Now Irving Fein, Jack's friend for twenty-eight years, reaches behind the persona of "the world's worst violin player" and "the stingiest man in in show business" to write about Jack Benny the man: a gentle, generous, yet serious person who loved to make people laugh and who loved to laugh himself.
It's all here – the best anecdotes of a half century in show business, the enduring friendships with stars as well as everyday people, his long… Read More
