On the Sunny Side of the Street : The Life and Lyrics of Dorothy Fields
by Deborah Grace Winer
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Author: Deborah Grace WinerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-12-31
ISBN: 082567204X
Number of pages: 267
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
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Book Review: Breezy and superficial
Summary: 2 Stars
This book is extremely superficial and obviously the author didn't do very much research. I also got the CD, An Evening with Dorothy Fields, that was recorded live in 1972 (highly recommended). Winer has quoted verbatim a lot of what is said on the CD without putting quotation marks around it. Winer's book tells virtually nothing of Fields' personal life apart from the occasional bombshell like "she was now married a second time since her first marriage had been from the very beginning a mistake acknowledged by both parties [that's a vague paraphrase]" or "now the mother of two children, Dorothy had to..." or later on, "her drinking, always a problem, had gotten worse." There is no elaboration on any of these points. But the book does provide a broad overview of her career, even though a few of her films may have gone unmentioned. I wanted to know more about the person who wrote those easy-to-sing and easy-to-remember lyrics. Writers and publishers take note: There really ought to be a more in-depth biography of Dorothy Fields. She is too important a figure of the 20th Century American cultural landscape to be ignored. THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET isn't much, but right now it's all we have. Until the definitive biography comes along, it will have to do.
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