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Front row seat : an intimate look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the age of glamour, Nancy Olson Livingston, (electronic resource)

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From her idyllic childhood in the American Midwest to her Oscar-nominated performance in Sunset Boulevard (1950) and the social circles of New York and Los Angeles, actress Nancy Olson Livingston has lived abundantly. In her memoir, A Front Row Seat, Livingston treats readers to an intimate, charming chronicle of her life as an actress, wife, and mother, and her memories of many of the most notable figures and moments of her time. Livingston shares reminiscences of her marriages to lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner, creator of award-winning musicals Paint Your Wagon, Gigi, and My Fair Lady (which was dedicated to her), and to Alan Wendell Livingston, former president of Capitol Records, who created Bozo the Clown and worked with legendary musical artists, including Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Band, and Don McLean. One of the last living actors of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Livingston shares memorable encounters with countless celebrities-William Holden, Billy Wilder, Bing Crosby, Marilyn Monroe, and John Wayne, to name a few-and less pleasant experiences with Howard Hughes and John F. Kennedy that act as reminders of women's long struggle for equality. Entertaining and engrossing, A Front Row Seat deftly interweaves Livingston's life with her observations of the artists, celebrities, and luminaries with whom she came in contact-a paean to the twentieth century and a treasure for readers enamored with a bygone era
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (x, 355 pages)
Contents
  • Book 1
  • Introduction
  • 1 Rockland County, September 1950
  • 2 The Beginning
  • 3 My Ancestors
  • 4 Growing Up in Milwaukee
  • 5 The Lake
  • 6 World War II
  • 7 Theatrical Dreams
  • 8 My First New York Adventure
  • 9 Paramount Pictures--the Beginning of a Career
  • 10 Sunset Boulevard
  • 11 Hollywood
  • 12 Marilyn Monroe
  • 13 Courtship
  • 14 The Dance
  • 15 Lee and Ira Gershwin
  • 16 The Dance Continues
  • 17 Marriage
  • 18 Frederick Loewe
  • 19 Rockland County
  • 20 Plane Crash
  • 21 Liza and Me
  • 22 John Wayne
  • 23 Starting Over
  • 24 Alan Lerner's Family and Growing Up
  • 25 Joe Lerner
  • 26 My Fair Lady
  • 27 Battle Cry
  • 28 Journey to Broadway
  • 29 Gigi
  • 30 The Music Stops
  • 31 Divorce
  • 32 Sydney Chaplin
  • 33 Emmet Hughes
  • 34 Nelson Rockefeller
  • 35 Life as a Single Parent
  • 36 Disney
  • 37 The Inauguration of JFK
  • 38 Mrs. Kemeny
  • 39 A Special Memory
  • 40 A Shocking Story
  • 41 A New Beginning
  • 42 A Christmas Gift
  • 43 Mary, Mary
  • 44 A Rainbow Emerging
  • 45 My Second Wedding
  • Book 2
  • 46 Mr. and Mrs. Alan W. Livingston
  • 47 Moving
  • 48 A Sad Story
  • 49 My Second Husband
  • 50 Laurie and Peter and Alan Jay
  • 51 Life in a Whirlwind on Camden Drive
  • 52 Dad
  • 53 Capitol Records
  • 54 Nat Cole
  • 55 Up the Ladder
  • 56 Frank Sinatra
  • 57 NBC and Bonanza
  • 58 An Ex-Girlfriend and an Ex-Wife
  • 59 Judy Garland, Oscar Levant, and The 2000-Year-Old Man
  • 60 Enlarging the Family and JFK
  • 61 The Beatles
  • 62 The Beatles in My Mother's Garden
  • 63 Christopher
  • 64 Another Beatles Party
  • 65 Russia
  • 66 Share
  • 67 Jennifer Jones
  • 68 The Band
  • 69 A Miracle
  • 70 The End of an Era
  • 71 Mediarts and Don McLean
  • 72 EST
  • 73 On Board at the Music Center
  • 74 A New Challenge
  • 75 Grace Kelly and the Heimlich Maneuver
  • 76 Natalie Wood
  • 77 My Mother
  • 78 A New Path for Alan Livingston
  • 79 An Escape
  • 80 New York Life Again
  • 81 An Unexpected Offer from Blue Ribbon
  • 82 Changing Traditions
  • 83 Four Weddings and Two Funeral
  • 84 LA Politics
  • 85 Nancy and Ronnie
  • 86 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Chairman
  • 87 Another Twenty-Fifth Anniversary with Jack Lemmon, Gregory Peck, and Michael Feinstein
  • 88 Billy Wilder Tribute
  • 89 Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • 90 An Unforgettable Moment
  • 91 China
  • 92 Another Challenge for Alan
  • 93 Completion
  • 94 Expanding Our Family Again
  • 95 Goodbye
  • 96 La Dolce Vita
  • 97 Laura
  • 98 Family Updates
  • 99 Ending This Book
  • 100 Stories I Hesitate to Tell
  • 101 Ending This Book Again
Isbn
9780813196206
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Front row seat : an intimate look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the age of glamour
Title
Front row seat
Title remainder
an intimate look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the age of glamour
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Nancy Olson Livingston
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Author
Subject
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Language
eng
Summary
From her idyllic childhood in the American Midwest to her Oscar-nominated performance in Sunset Boulevard (1950) and the social circles of New York and Los Angeles, actress Nancy Olson Livingston has lived abundantly. In her memoir, A Front Row Seat, Livingston treats readers to an intimate, charming chronicle of her life as an actress, wife, and mother, and her memories of many of the most notable figures and moments of her time. Livingston shares reminiscences of her marriages to lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner, creator of award-winning musicals Paint Your Wagon, Gigi, and My Fair Lady (which was dedicated to her), and to Alan Wendell Livingston, former president of Capitol Records, who created Bozo the Clown and worked with legendary musical artists, including Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Band, and Don McLean. One of the last living actors of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Livingston shares memorable encounters with countless celebrities-William Holden, Billy Wilder, Bing Crosby, Marilyn Monroe, and John Wayne, to name a few-and less pleasant experiences with Howard Hughes and John F. Kennedy that act as reminders of women's long struggle for equality. Entertaining and engrossing, A Front Row Seat deftly interweaves Livingston's life with her observations of the artists, celebrities, and luminaries with whom she came in contact-a paean to the twentieth century and a treasure for readers enamored with a bygone era
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Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
YDX
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1928-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Olson, Nancy
Dewey number
791.4302/8092
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
PN2287.L58
LC item number
A3 2022
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
Screen classics
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Olson, Nancy
  • Lerner, Alan Jay
  • Actresses
  • Women
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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Front row seat : an intimate look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the age of glamour, Nancy Olson Livingston, (electronic resource)
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Publication
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unknown
Bibliography note
Includes index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Book 1 -- Introduction -- 1 Rockland County, September 1950 -- 2 The Beginning -- 3 My Ancestors -- 4 Growing Up in Milwaukee -- 5 The Lake -- 6 World War II -- 7 Theatrical Dreams -- 8 My First New York Adventure -- 9 Paramount Pictures--the Beginning of a Career -- 10 Sunset Boulevard -- 11 Hollywood -- 12 Marilyn Monroe -- 13 Courtship -- 14 The Dance -- 15 Lee and Ira Gershwin -- 16 The Dance Continues -- 17 Marriage -- 18 Frederick Loewe -- 19 Rockland County -- 20 Plane Crash -- 21 Liza and Me -- 22 John Wayne -- 23 Starting Over -- 24 Alan Lerner's Family and Growing Up -- 25 Joe Lerner -- 26 My Fair Lady -- 27 Battle Cry -- 28 Journey to Broadway -- 29 Gigi -- 30 The Music Stops -- 31 Divorce -- 32 Sydney Chaplin -- 33 Emmet Hughes -- 34 Nelson Rockefeller -- 35 Life as a Single Parent -- 36 Disney -- 37 The Inauguration of JFK -- 38 Mrs. Kemeny -- 39 A Special Memory -- 40 A Shocking Story -- 41 A New Beginning -- 42 A Christmas Gift -- 43 Mary, Mary -- 44 A Rainbow Emerging -- 45 My Second Wedding -- Book 2 -- 46 Mr. and Mrs. Alan W. Livingston -- 47 Moving -- 48 A Sad Story -- 49 My Second Husband -- 50 Laurie and Peter and Alan Jay -- 51 Life in a Whirlwind on Camden Drive -- 52 Dad -- 53 Capitol Records -- 54 Nat Cole -- 55 Up the Ladder -- 56 Frank Sinatra -- 57 NBC and Bonanza -- 58 An Ex-Girlfriend and an Ex-Wife -- 59 Judy Garland, Oscar Levant, and The 2000-Year-Old Man -- 60 Enlarging the Family and JFK -- 61 The Beatles -- 62 The Beatles in My Mother's Garden -- 63 Christopher -- 64 Another Beatles Party -- 65 Russia -- 66 Share -- 67 Jennifer Jones -- 68 The Band -- 69 A Miracle -- 70 The End of an Era -- 71 Mediarts and Don McLean -- 72 EST -- 73 On Board at the Music Center -- 74 A New Challenge -- 75 Grace Kelly and the Heimlich Maneuver -- 76 Natalie Wood -- 77 My Mother -- 78 A New Path for Alan Livingston -- 79 An Escape -- 80 New York Life Again -- 81 An Unexpected Offer from Blue Ribbon -- 82 Changing Traditions -- 83 Four Weddings and Two Funeral -- 84 LA Politics -- 85 Nancy and Ronnie -- 86 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Chairman -- 87 Another Twenty-Fifth Anniversary with Jack Lemmon, Gregory Peck, and Michael Feinstein -- 88 Billy Wilder Tribute -- 89 Andrew Lloyd Webber -- 90 An Unforgettable Moment -- 91 China -- 92 Another Challenge for Alan -- 93 Completion -- 94 Expanding Our Family Again -- 95 Goodbye -- 96 La Dolce Vita -- 97 Laura -- 98 Family Updates -- 99 Ending This Book -- 100 Stories I Hesitate to Tell -- 101 Ending This Book Again
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (x, 355 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780813196206
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unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations.
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29ef2077-f1a0-4859-a6ec-0da33a16ded3
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not applicable
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unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
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(OCoLC)1337855846
Label
Front row seat : an intimate look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the age of glamour, Nancy Olson Livingston, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Book 1 -- Introduction -- 1 Rockland County, September 1950 -- 2 The Beginning -- 3 My Ancestors -- 4 Growing Up in Milwaukee -- 5 The Lake -- 6 World War II -- 7 Theatrical Dreams -- 8 My First New York Adventure -- 9 Paramount Pictures--the Beginning of a Career -- 10 Sunset Boulevard -- 11 Hollywood -- 12 Marilyn Monroe -- 13 Courtship -- 14 The Dance -- 15 Lee and Ira Gershwin -- 16 The Dance Continues -- 17 Marriage -- 18 Frederick Loewe -- 19 Rockland County -- 20 Plane Crash -- 21 Liza and Me -- 22 John Wayne -- 23 Starting Over -- 24 Alan Lerner's Family and Growing Up -- 25 Joe Lerner -- 26 My Fair Lady -- 27 Battle Cry -- 28 Journey to Broadway -- 29 Gigi -- 30 The Music Stops -- 31 Divorce -- 32 Sydney Chaplin -- 33 Emmet Hughes -- 34 Nelson Rockefeller -- 35 Life as a Single Parent -- 36 Disney -- 37 The Inauguration of JFK -- 38 Mrs. Kemeny -- 39 A Special Memory -- 40 A Shocking Story -- 41 A New Beginning -- 42 A Christmas Gift -- 43 Mary, Mary -- 44 A Rainbow Emerging -- 45 My Second Wedding -- Book 2 -- 46 Mr. and Mrs. Alan W. Livingston -- 47 Moving -- 48 A Sad Story -- 49 My Second Husband -- 50 Laurie and Peter and Alan Jay -- 51 Life in a Whirlwind on Camden Drive -- 52 Dad -- 53 Capitol Records -- 54 Nat Cole -- 55 Up the Ladder -- 56 Frank Sinatra -- 57 NBC and Bonanza -- 58 An Ex-Girlfriend and an Ex-Wife -- 59 Judy Garland, Oscar Levant, and The 2000-Year-Old Man -- 60 Enlarging the Family and JFK -- 61 The Beatles -- 62 The Beatles in My Mother's Garden -- 63 Christopher -- 64 Another Beatles Party -- 65 Russia -- 66 Share -- 67 Jennifer Jones -- 68 The Band -- 69 A Miracle -- 70 The End of an Era -- 71 Mediarts and Don McLean -- 72 EST -- 73 On Board at the Music Center -- 74 A New Challenge -- 75 Grace Kelly and the Heimlich Maneuver -- 76 Natalie Wood -- 77 My Mother -- 78 A New Path for Alan Livingston -- 79 An Escape -- 80 New York Life Again -- 81 An Unexpected Offer from Blue Ribbon -- 82 Changing Traditions -- 83 Four Weddings and Two Funeral -- 84 LA Politics -- 85 Nancy and Ronnie -- 86 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Chairman -- 87 Another Twenty-Fifth Anniversary with Jack Lemmon, Gregory Peck, and Michael Feinstein -- 88 Billy Wilder Tribute -- 89 Andrew Lloyd Webber -- 90 An Unforgettable Moment -- 91 China -- 92 Another Challenge for Alan -- 93 Completion -- 94 Expanding Our Family Again -- 95 Goodbye -- 96 La Dolce Vita -- 97 Laura -- 98 Family Updates -- 99 Ending This Book -- 100 Stories I Hesitate to Tell -- 101 Ending This Book Again
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (x, 355 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780813196206
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
29ef2077-f1a0-4859-a6ec-0da33a16ded3
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
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(OCoLC)1337855846

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