The Five Sedgwicks: Pioneer Entertainers of Vaudeville, Film and Television

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Preface
• One. Medicine Shows and ­Gas-Lighted Theaters
• Two. Tank Towns and ­Four-a-Day Vaudeville
• Three. Orange Groves and Shootouts
• Four. Dynamite’s Daughter, the Ramblin’ Kid, and the Diamond Queen
• Five. The Saddle Hawk, Lightnin’ the Police Dog and Leo the Lion
• Six. The Rise of the Almighty Studio System and the Fall of the
• Silent Film
• Seven. The Business of Laughter During the Depression Years
• Eight. A Hollywood in Transition and the Fate of the Silent Idol
• Nine. Nazis, Country Bumpkins, and a Couple of Redheads
• Ten. Journey Beyond the Silver Screen
• Sedgwick Family Filmography
• Bibliography
• Index