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Jazz Age Beauties: The Lost Collection of Ziegfeld Photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston Hardcover – November 30, 2021

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Despite Prohibition, the '20s was the decade of jazz, flappers and hip flasks. While some took their vote and joined the Woman's Christian Temperance Movement, others, well, took liberties. Compiled here for the first time are more than 200 publicity stills and photos of some of America's first "It" girls—the silent film-era starlets who paved the way for the cacophony of Monroes and Madonnas to follow. Accompanying these iconic images are the stories behind them, including accounts from surviving Ziegfeld Girls, as well as ads featuring them that helped perpetuate the allure of It girl glamour. When rare and striking portraits of these women surfaced on the internet in 1995, author Robert Hudovernik began researching their source. What he discovered was the work of one of the first "star makers" identified most with the Ziegfeld Follies, Alfred Cheney Johnston. Johnston, a member of New York's famous Algonquin Round Table who photographed such celebrities as Mary Pickford, Fanny Brice, the Gish Sisters, and Louise Brooks, fell out of the spotlight with the demise of the revue. A sumptuous snapshot of an era, this book is also a look at the work of this "lost" photographer.
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“This sumptuous book features more than 200 publicity stills and photos of America’s original “It” girls, as well as the “secret’ nudes discovered on photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston’s estate after his death.” ~The Globe and Mail

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Robert Hudovernik is a freelance writer, photographer and scriptwriter. He wrote and produced a documentary funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities entitled Circus Echoes on the golden age of circus entertainment during the Art Deco era.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Universe (November 30, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0789313812
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0789313812
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.49 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.3 x 1.2 x 9.4 inches
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This book contains page after page of breathtaking photos. The women are beautiful and no page has been skimped on.Each time I turn the page, I have to catch my breath. If you are a lover the this era. You will treasure this book. Of my book collection, this is definitely in the top 5. Probably number one. I love the 1920's, the style, the textiles, the poses. I cannot say enough about this book. You will not be sorry if you make this purchase. Buy It !
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Jason T. Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book!!!
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2024
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If you have any interest at all in either the Ziegfeld girls, or the photography of Alfred Cheney Johnston (ACJ from now on), then you'll want to buy this book!! In my opinion it's the single greatest volume on the art of ACJ to date, and it's just a treasure trove of information and stunningly beautiful images that you won't want to miss! My only regret is not purchasing this book sooner, I hope you don't make the same mistake that I did, and will get your copy now
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Sarah
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2023
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It’s nice to have a book full of fairly rare pictures and I enjoyed the writing that accompanied it.
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Arturo G. Zaldivar
5.0 out of 5 stars Illuminating Vintage Beauties
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2006
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As a longtime admirer of early celebrity portraiture, this book brings to light the works of a nearly forgotten master. Although I own over 40 books and numerous original images covering photography of 1890s-1930s, I have seen very few of the images in this book reproduced elsewhere. The text is accurate enough to give one a sense of the historical background in which Johnson worked, with one very minor error regarding Theda Bara and Bill Tilden. However, the text is brief and the book is just loaded with wonderfully reproduced images of stunningly beautiful women. Many are clothed as Ziegfeld Showgirls, the predecessors to today's Vegas Showgirls. Some images are of early film actresses. All are captured in Johnson's signature style which certainly influenced Clarence Sinclair Bull, George Hurrell, Harriet Ruth Louise, and other great movie studio photographers. If you appreciate early 20th Century photography, early film and American Theater of the period, you will love this book. And if you just like to admire beautiful natural beauty (not surgically enhanced), this is the book for you.
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Terry Norman
5.0 out of 5 stars One for your collection
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2007
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As one who enjoys movies from the 30's, this book helped me to enter the world of early Ziegfeld and movie beauties and their way of life. Of the photographic books I have, this one has to rank at the top. The first 62 pages (and few at the end of the book) contain text with photographs. Photo collections with text usually bore me, but this one was so interesting with details of the stories behind the women and that era, that I was dissapointed when the text ended. I have one other photo book containing women of the 20's but the photography, poses, and beauty of the women in this book surpasses the other book by a long shot. The strict physical characteristics that Ziegfeld had for his women are evident in this collection. Included in this collection is Miss Universe from 1926. I wondered to myself if they stripped her of her crown for posing nude? This book also provides excellent examples of the use of lines when posing the female subject. The book refers to it as the "Line of Beauty". If one enjoys the history and images of that era, this is a must have book that won't dissapoint. A superbly bound hardbook with mainly full page images of excellent quality.

My one sad point of the book was to learn that there are boxes full of more of Johnston's images that someone is holding on to with plans to sell individually and deny the world to see them as a collection.
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T. Sager-Pease
5.0 out of 5 stars Ziegfeld Follies
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2010
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This book was amazing! I enjoyed looking at all the wonderful and beautiful pictures. Mr. Johnson had a real talent in bringing out true mystery and beauty in these women. At the time these were considered "racy" if only those critics could see what pictures are like today! I wish we had more photographers like this now, a little mystery is always better than the whole package in my opinion. The eyes are drawn to the lighting, the props and back drops, jewelry dangling, the scarfs seductively placed just right. A true work of art. Also interesting were the side stories about the women and their lives. Often tragic, some surprising but always interesting! I was thrilled to find how many pictures were included so many that I had not seen before. It is a great read for anyone facinated with the era.
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Nachtjager
4.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal, just needs to be in a larger format...
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2008
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This is a spectacular book in every respect but one - it's size. The photos are fantastic, the layout is fantastic, the quality of its production is top drawer, everything about it is classy and well refined, but it's a downright unusual size for a book of this type, and that's why I only give it four stars.

This needed to be in a large format to fully appreciate the photos and the beautiful layout work, but instead, it's sized about the same as most hardback novels, and when you place four photos on a page of that size, the images tend to be very small and you lose the overall impact of those photos.

I highly recommend this one, get the hardback while you can before being forced into a reprint paperback, but I would've prefered the book be a sized more in keeping with most art and photography books.
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Saxkat
5.0 out of 5 stars An Astonishing Work of Art!
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2013
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Browsing through this book of incredibly gorgeous jazz age beauties is like entering an art museum of timeless classics from the art deco era. The style and artistic quality of these photographs is nothing short of amazing. It kind of makes you wish that you lived during that incredible era when art, music, fashion, style, and beauty were all the rage. Bring the art gallery to your door, and buy this book of classic beauties from the jazz age ... it's a real treasure that will only get better with time.
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R. Stopher
2.0 out of 5 stars Nice Vintage Pictures But
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2008
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I have seen pictures of full nude women for sale from this period on ebay but after getting this book the full nude women are very few & far between so do not buy if you are looking for vintage nude women showing pubic hair photos from that era.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Encantos de uma época
Reviewed in Brazil on September 16, 2023
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Incríveis fotografias que representam o esplendor de uma época.
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Mechanic29
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2024
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Bought for my daughter. Gorgeous photographs
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Sal
5.0 out of 5 stars ottimo volume
Reviewed in Italy on October 2, 2014
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è in inglese, ma la cosa ha poca importanza, perché sono le immagini che contanto, le fotografie una meglio di un'altra, fotogorafie ben stampate di buona qualità e che rappresentano un genere che gli "intellettuali" della fotgorafia tutti immersi nei Bresson e compagni ignorano, dimenticando che la fotografia è stata soprattutto un mestiere e non solo un divertimento o la rappresentazione dei grandi guai del mondo. Consiglio il libro vale il suo prezzo, l'unica cosa che non va? Niente, come al solito anche questo volume è stampato in Cina
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3.0 out of 5 stars bel ouvrage mais repros de mauvaise
Reviewed in France on October 1, 2023
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Le travail de compilation de ces images et l'hommage à ce photographe hélas un peu oublié est vraiment à saluer.
Par contre la reproduction des photos est très médiocre et ne rend pas justice au travail de cet artiste et des modèles. On se demande à partir de quels originaux les auteurs ont travaillé (d'ou les 3 étoiles seulement).
Le fait de leur appliquer une couleur sépia artificielle dessert l'oeuvre de l'artiste supposé être honoré.
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A. R. Schmit
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2023
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I am very interested in the 1920s and the Ziegfeld Follies, which produced so many movie stars, has always fascinated me. Alfred Cheney Johnston was the photographer for the Follies, and his pictures of the glamorous dancers can be easily seen on the internet. However, there are many here that I have never seen (and the book covers more than just the dancers). What is fascinating is the bits of background information on the women in the photographs (where known), as well as the photographer himself. A wonderful peek into a captivating period. As an aside, the book is incredibly well made - a quality product.
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