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WHY BRING BACK “HURRICANE BILLY”? By NAT SEGALOFFSpecial to BearManor Media ©2026 Nat Segaloff     Lunching at the Algonquin round table in the 1920s, critic Alexander Woollcott, who had just  published a book, wistfully mused, “What is so rare as an Alexander Woollcott first edition?” Tired of his bravado, columnist Franklin Pierce Adams shot back, “An Alexander Woollcott second edition.”   (Amazon affiliate link above)              In the publishing world, a second edition differs from a second printing in that the latter is merely an additional press run dictated by sales, whereas the former offers the author the chance...

"Most books on music hall tend to focus on the really big names around at that time - Marie Lloyd, Dan Leno, Harry Lauder, Little Tich and so on, so hats off to Derek Sculthorpe who has produced a very readable volume where he concentrates on 10 names from the music hall and variety eras who deserve to be remembered but who are usually limited to a few lines at most in the majority of theatrical volumes. It really is a refreshing delight to find chapters on Charlie Higgins, Tom Foy, Alfred Lester, Margaret Cooper, Bert Errol, Vivian Foster, Norman...

"All The Kings Men" Chapter 16   To hear the chapter FREE, just click on the appropriate LINK either Apple or Spotify.  ENJOY     Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nose-to-nose-podcast/id1485511048?i=1000745992694     Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6L98D020LVg78Wd9W04ZcY?si=e0929722aa6945a2     Websites: https://nosetonosepodcast.podbean.com/e/starstruck-by-michael-kutza-all-the-kings-men-chapter-16/   www.michaelkutza.com    Book Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/Starstruck-Magically-Transformed-Hollywood-hardback/dp/1629339571?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER    Directed By: Geno Suarez  Edited By: Geno Suarez