ISBN: 9780929712710

Elvis Meets Liberace, Shecky, and Vampira! Where? In Las Vegas, of course! Just about every subject of lingering cult fascination, from James Bond and Bela Lugosi to Lili St. Cyr and Puss… Mehr…

Elvis Meets Liberace, Shecky, and Vampira! Where? In Las Vegas, of course! Just about every subject of lingering cult fascination, from James Bond and Bela Lugosi to Lili St. Cyr and Pussycat Tura Satana, has a Las Vegas connection. And Cult Vegas is the first—the only!—entertainment history that puts them all together. Forget about the modern, corporate, themed Las Vegas. Cult Vegas resurrects the golden-age Sin City of history and legend: Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, Ann-Margret, Redd Foxx, the Treniers, Charo, Don Rickles, Juliet Prowse, Buddy Hackett, and more. This book captures the cool without forgetting the kitsch, such as sex kittens Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren, and sit-com stars Don Knotts and Sherman Hemsley as headliners. Cult Vegas also includes detailed coverage of the Strip's swingin' lounge scene of the '50s and takes a comprehensive look at its own boozy brand of comedy. Cult Vegas also gives you the inside dope on nearly every offbeat movie to feature Las Vegas, and peers into forgotten corners of showroom trivia and esoterica: Marilyn Chambers goes legit! Lorne Greene sings! The extreme, the awful, the camp, and the sublime—it's all here in this freewheeling tribute to a half-century of entertainment that can only be collectively described as Vegas. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>U.S. History>Regional History>Regional History, Huntington Press Core >1<

ISBN: 9780929712710

Elvis Meets Liberace, Shecky, and Vampira! Where? In Las Vegas, of course! Just about every subject of lingering cult fascination, from James Bond and Bela Lugosi to Lili St. Cyr and Puss… Mehr…

Elvis Meets Liberace, Shecky, and Vampira! Where? In Las Vegas, of course! Just about every subject of lingering cult fascination, from James Bond and Bela Lugosi to Lili St. Cyr and Pussycat Tura Satana, has a Las Vegas connection. And Cult Vegas is the first—the only!—entertainment history that puts them all together. Forget about the modern, corporate, themed Las Vegas. Cult Vegas resurrects the golden-age Sin City of history and legend: Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, Ann-Margret, Redd Foxx, the Treniers, Charo, Don Rickles, Juliet Prowse, Buddy Hackett, and more. This book captures the cool without forgetting the kitsch, such as sex kittens Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren, and sit-com stars Don Knotts and Sherman Hemsley as headliners. Cult Vegas also includes detailed coverage of the Strip's swingin' lounge scene of the '50s and takes a comprehensive look at its own boozy brand of comedy. Cult Vegas also gives you the inside dope on nearly every offbeat movie to feature Las Vegas, and peers into forgotten corners of showroom trivia and esoterica: Marilyn Chambers goes legit! Lorne Greene sings! The extreme, the awful, the camp, and the sublime—it's all here in this freewheeling tribute to a half-century of entertainment that can only be collectively described as Vegas. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>U.S. History>Regional History>Regional History, Huntington Press Core >1<

2001, ISBN: 0929712714

[EAN: 9780929712710], New book, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Huntington Press, Las Vegas], Paperback. In Cult Vegas, author Mike Weatherford resurrects the mystique of Las Vegas' Golden Age&mdash… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780929712710], New book, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Huntington Press, Las Vegas], Paperback. In Cult Vegas, author Mike Weatherford resurrects the mystique of Las Vegas' Golden Age—the '60s-cool of history and legend-and introduces Sin City's hipster legacy to new generations of Vegasphiles. Meet '50s and '60s lounge greats the Treniers, the Mary Kaye Trio, and Louis Prima and Keely Smith; comedy legends Joe E. Lewis, Shecky Greene, and Don Rickles; and Vegas "babes" Vampira, Lili St. Cyr, Ann-Margret, and Tempest Storm. Weatherford also covers nearly every offbeat movie ever made about Las Vegas, as well as Elvis and Frank's impact on the town. This gorgeous entertainment retrospective is packed with showroom esoterica, descriptions of near-forgotten corners of Vegas cult musicology, odd trivia, and unsung heroes of a bygone era. Offers the mystique of Las Vegas Golden Age - the '60s-cool of history and legend-and introduces Sin City s hipster legacy to new generations of Vegasphiles. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability., Books<

ISBN: 9780929712710

Paperback, [PU: Huntington Press], Cult Vegas chronicles the majore moments, the camp, the extreme, the awful, in short, the magic of Las Vegas' half-century run as an entertainment mecca… Mehr…

Paperback, [PU: Huntington Press], Cult Vegas chronicles the majore moments, the camp, the extreme, the awful, in short, the magic of Las Vegas' half-century run as an entertainment mecca., Guidebooks<