02997nam 2200697 a 450 991096134630332120200520144314.0978661323295397808131381830813138183978128323295112832329529780813171920081317192X(CKB)1000000000461351(EBL)792201(OCoLC)67555529(SSID)ssj0000110314(PQKBManifestationID)11133359(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110314(PQKBWorkID)10063118(PQKB)10262350(OCoLC)835417895(MdBmJHUP)muse13796(Au-PeEL)EBL792201(CaPaEBR)ebr10495396(CaONFJC)MIL323295(MiAaPQ)EBC792201(MiAaPQ)EBC30359292(Au-PeEL)EBL30359292(OCoLC)1156954223(Perlego)1600925(EXLCZ)99100000000046135120040902d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Bennetts an acting family /Brian Kellow1st ed.Lexington, Ky University Press of Kentuckyc20041 online resource (577 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780813123295 0813123291 Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-513) and index.Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Prologue; 1. 1870-1900; 2. 1900-1904; 3. 1904-1914; 4. 1914-1920; 5. 1920-1924; 6. 1925-1927; 7. 1927-1929; 8. 1929-1930; 9. 1930-1931; 10. 1931-1932; 11. 1933-1935; Photo Insert 1; 12. 1934-1937; 13. 1937-1940; 14. 1941-1943; 15. 1944; 16. 1945-1947; 17. 1948; 18. 1949-1950; 19. 1951-1952; 20. 1953-1958; Photo Insert 2; 21. 1959-1965; 22. 1966-1971; 23. 1972-1990; Feature Films; Selected Television Appearances; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index"" The Bennetts: An Acting Family is a chronicle of one of the royal families of stage and screen. The saga begins with Richard Bennett, a small-town Indiana roughneck who grew up to be one of the bright lights of the New York stage during the early twentieth century. In time, however, Richard's fame was eclipsed by that of his daughters, Constance and Joan, who went to Hollywood in the 1920's and found major success there. Constance became the highest-paid actress of the early 1930's, earning as much as 30,000 a week in melodramas. Later she reinvented herself as a comedienne in the classicActorsUnited StatesBiographyActors791.4302/8/092273BKellow Brian1801594MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961346303321The Bennetts4346952UNINA