There's No Business Like Show Business ... Was.There's No Business Like Show Business ... Was Alan Young For the football (soccer) player, see . Alan Young (born November 19, 1919) is an actor best known for his television role opposite a talking horse, Mister Ed. BearManor Media PO Box 71426, Albany, GA 31708 1593930534, $14.95 www.BearManorMedia.com With a long and active career in radio, movies and television, Alan Young will be best known to most Americans for his highly popular 1950s series 'Mr. Ed' where he plaid straight-man to a talking horse. In "There's No Business Like Show Business ... Was", Alan anecdotally recounts his associations with such diverse fellow actors and performers as Paul Whiteman Paul Whiteman (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) was a popular American orchestral leader. He was born in Denver, Colorado. After a start as a classical violinist and violist, Whiteman then led a jazz-influenced dance band, which became locally popular in San Francisco, , Tallulah Bankhead Noun 1. Tallulah Bankhead - uninhibited United States actress (1903-1968) Bankhead , Zero Mostel, George Burns Noun 1. George Burns - United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996) Burns, Nathan Birnbaum , Jack Benny, Peter Lorre Noun 1. Peter Lorre - United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964) Laszlo Lowestein, Lorre , Clifton Webb, Jane Russell, Mickey Rooney, Jane Powell, Roddy McDowall, Red Skelton, Sonja Henie, Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, and others. Enthusiastically recommended reading and a welcome addition to personal, academic, and community library Theatre/Cinema/Television reference collections, "There's No Business Like Show Business ... Was" is a truly nostalgic treat for those old enough to remember radio and the movies in the 1930s and 1940s, and the early years of television in the 1950s. Also very strongly recommended from BearManor Media is Ben Ohmart's "Don Ameche: The Kenosha Comeback Kids" (1593930453, $24.95) showcasing actor Don Ameche whose showbusiness career ranged from the 1930s to the 1990s. |
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