Red Skelton The Mask Behind the Mask

Name: Red Skelton The Mask Behind the Mask
Price: 6.75 USD
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ISBN: 9780871952752

ISBN-10: 0871952750

ISBN-13: 9780871952752

Edition: 2008

Authors: Wes D. Gehring

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For more than twenty years, Hoosier comic Red Skelton entertained millions of viewers who gathered around their television sets to delight in the antics of such notable characters as Freddie the Freeloader, Clem Kaddiddlehopper, Cauliflower McPugg, and Sheriff Deadeye. Noted film historian Wes D. Gehring examines the man behind the characterssomeone who never let the facts get in the way of a good story. Gehring delves into Skelton's hardscrabble life with a shockingly dysfunctional family in the southern Indiana community of Vincennes, his days on the road on the vaudeville circuit, the comedian's early success on radio, his up-and-down movie career with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and his…

Book details

Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
Binding: Hardcover
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English