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A warm and intimate portrait of the quintessential humorist of an age --Jack Benny -- by Irving A. Fein, Jack's personal manager, and with an introduction by George Burns. When Americans heard the rasping strains of "Love in Bloom" and the first long-drawn-out, perfectly timed "Well!" they sat back and prepared to laugh at that dean of comedians Jack Benny. Now Irving Fein, Jack's friend for twenty-eight years, reaches behind the persona of "the world's worst violin player" and "the stingiest man in show business" to write about Jack Benny the man: a gentle, generous, yet serious person who…
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2 editions- Other · English · 1976G. K. Hall · 642 pages · 9780816173907
- Other · English · 1976Putnam · 319 pages · 9780399116407
Large type booksBenny, jack, 1894-1974ActorsBiography






