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FatcatXN Posted 18 years ago
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What does "moving hands like Frisco" mean?
I've been reading < The Great Gatsby>
Suddenly one of the gypsies, in trembling opal, seizes a cocktail out of the air, dumps it down for courage and, moving her hands like Frisco, dances out alone on the canvas platform.
What does "moving hands like Frisco" mean?
Suddenly one of the gypsies, in trembling opal, seizes a cocktail out of the air, dumps it down for courage and, moving her hands like Frisco, dances out alone on the canvas platform.
What does "moving hands like Frisco" mean?
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Hi, This biography of vaudeville comedian Joe Frisco captures the world of show business in its transition from the heyday of vaudeville through film and radio to the early years of television. As Paul M. Levitt tells us, Joe Frisco in his day was so famous for his jazz dance that F.
- Hi, This biography of vaudeville comedian Joe Frisco captures the world of show business in its transition from the heyday of vaudeville through film and radio to the early years of television.
- As Paul M.
- Levitt tells us, Joe Frisco in his day was so famous for his jazz dance that F.
- ca/Joe-Frisco-Comic-Dancer-Railbird/dp/0809322404 Clive
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Hi,
This biography of vaudeville comedian Joe Frisco captures the world of show business in its transition from the heyday of vaudeville through film and radio to the early years of television.
As Paul M. Levitt tells us, Joe Frisco in his day was so famous for his jazz dance that F. Scott Fitzgerald mentions him when describing
This biography of vaudeville comedian Joe Frisco captures the world of show business in its transition from the heyday of vaudeville through film and radio to the early years of television.
As Paul M. Levitt tells us, Joe Frisco in his day was so famous for his jazz dance that F. Scott Fitzgerald mentions him when describing
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''He was so well known for his jazz dance that writer F. Scott Fitzgerald makes reference to him in The Great Gatsby when he compares a girl's dancing moves to Frisco's'': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Frisco#Trivia
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Until about 1925, Joe Frisco performed simply as "Frisco." This is why Scott Fitzgerald did not mention the "Joe" part.
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