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Up in Lights: The Memoirs of a 1920s Chorus Girl
The touching true story of a young 1920s ‘flapper’, who dreamed of becoming a chorus girl
‘Early that January, there was snow on the ground, and Victoria Carmen took a violent chill. I played Principal Boy in her place. At last! MARJORIE GRAHAM was all alone in electric lights outside the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh!’
Born into an ordinary Edinburgh family in 1904, Marjorie Graham was expected to grow up like any other respectable girl. But her childhood dance classes with friends instilled a burning desire in to be a star.
She couldn’t have chosen a better time. As the roaring Twenties of jazz, Gatsby and glamour flared into life, young Marjorie got her first break as a chorus girl. But the glamour of being a ‘flapper’ brought with it hidden dangers, an altogether darker world of failed love affairs, poverty and addiction to drink…
From chorus girl, to actress, to raconteur and everything in between, this is the touching, tragic story of an ordinary woman with an extraordinary zest for life, whose name was destined to be up in lights.
‘Early that January, there was snow on the ground, and Victoria Carmen took a violent chill. I played Principal Boy in her place. At last! MARJORIE GRAHAM was all alone in electric lights outside the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh!’
Born into an ordinary Edinburgh family in 1904, Marjorie Graham was expected to grow up like any other respectable girl. But her childhood dance classes with friends instilled a burning desire in to be a star.
She couldn’t have chosen a better time. As the roaring Twenties of jazz, Gatsby and glamour flared into life, young Marjorie got her first break as a chorus girl. But the glamour of being a ‘flapper’ brought with it hidden dangers, an altogether darker world of failed love affairs, poverty and addiction to drink…
From chorus girl, to actress, to raconteur and everything in between, this is the touching, tragic story of an ordinary woman with an extraordinary zest for life, whose name was destined to be up in lights.
161 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 23, 2013
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June 9, 2019
Not what I was expecting
If you are hoping to read about Marjorie's life as a chorus girl, you'll be disappointed. It's only something she did briefly and barely part of this book. However, even though she is no writer for sure, her life is interesting and the book takes you back to a time long gone. Everyone's life is worth remembering. Marjorie's life was ordinary but important. God bless her. I'm glad I read through to the end.
If you are hoping to read about Marjorie's life as a chorus girl, you'll be disappointed. It's only something she did briefly and barely part of this book. However, even though she is no writer for sure, her life is interesting and the book takes you back to a time long gone. Everyone's life is worth remembering. Marjorie's life was ordinary but important. God bless her. I'm glad I read through to the end.
Displaying 1 of 1 review