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"A detailed portrait of a paradoxical entertainer explores his rise from the streets of Brooklyn, his turbulent marriage, and the claims about his homosexuality."--Amazon.com.
- Sales Rank: #2001845 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Simon n Schuster
- Published on: 2002-06-07
- Released on: 2002-06-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.00" w x 6.00" l, 1.22 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 352 pages
- ISBN13: 9780743244763
- Condition: New
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From Publishers Weekly
Brooklyn-born in 1913 as David Daniel Kaminski, this kinetic comedian with the crooked smile got his start in summer vaudeville. Beginning at age 16, he learned the hard way and learned well. He could mesmerize a nightclub audience, reduce it to tears of laughter and then get everyone to dance the conga. His rags-to-riches career took him to Hollywood, Broadway, the London Palladium (where he performed a triple act with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh and drank champagne with Princess Margaret). Through all this he was coached by his wife, Sylvia Fine, who wrote the songs and devised the comic business that launched his career. The couple stayed together for 47 years (Kaye died in 1987). However, Gottfried (All His Jazz: The Life and Death of Bob Fosse) isn't telling a fairy tale here. Despite worldwide acclaim, good works with UNICEF and a mega-movie hit with Hans Christian Andersen, there was a cold and dark side to Kaye. No one quoted in this detailed biography felt close to him; even Sylvia played more the role of mother and manager than wife or lover. Convincingly discredited as well are recent assertions that Kay and Olivier were once lovers. "Perhaps he could not be intimate with any individual," Gottfried writes, "but he certainly could be with an audience." Audiences everywhere loved him and felt loved by him. Perhaps that is the way to remember him: the redheaded singing elf who spread happiness. Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Generation X types might ask, Why all the fuss about Danny Kaye? Perhaps because, in his prime, the energetic Kaye was one of the most beloved of all American entertainers--singer, dancer, actor, comedian, and master of his own unique brand of double-talk, "git-gat-giddle." Supplementing his research with numerous interviews, Gottfried paints a portrait of a man who exuded warmth in public yet was chilly if not frigid in private. There is much discussion of Kaye's long but troubled marriage to Sylvia Fine, who wrote the majority of her husband's early material and became so linked with his career that it was often noted that Danny had "a Fine head on his shoulders." Gottfried also addresses the issue of Kaye's rumored homosexuality, concluding that although he may have had homosexual affairs, it's unlikely he was Laurence Olivier's lover, as Donald Spoto claimed in a recent biography of Olivier. Are there enough Danny Kaye fans out there to get this perfectly serviceable Hollywood bio off the ground? Just barely, thanks to the AMC (American Movie Classics) cable channel, but don't expect high demand. Ilene Cooper
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76 of 85 people found the following review helpful.
Full of innuendo and contempt
By A Reviewer
This is a dreadful book by a journalist who ought to know better. He has his theories about Danny Kaye, and he fits the evidence (some of which is mighty thin) around them, unable to disguise how irritating and contemptible he finds his subject. His main theory is that Kaye wasn't "sexually available" and was "whipped by obedience" by his wife, and was therefore gay. The claim that he wasn't "sexually available" is repeated over and over, despite the fact that Kaye is shown having numbers of girlfriends in his early years and later affairs with Eve Arden, Princess Margaret, and others -- so it's a bit strange, not to say contrary, that Gottfriend insists his sexuality is hesitant or dubious. He throws out insinuations like "He certainly knew how to make love to [an audience]. The question was whether he could make love to a person." The whole book is full of snide remarks like that, dropped in without provocation. Even a photo of Kaye looking a healthy 60 (but without his age actually being identified) is captioned "Despite his interest in medicine and health, Kaye aged prematurely. His haggard appearance reflected an assortment of operations as well as, perhaps, a lifetime of internalized emotions." Gottfried labels Kaye "nasty," "icy," "juvenile," "childish," "passive," and, again and again, "sexually ambiguous." (Gottfried's ideas of what constitutes a real man seem to be straight out of the he-man '50s, and men who can sing, dance, and improvise comedy need not apply.) His antipathy for Kaye's wife, Sylvia Fine, is even stronger. Did he write this book on assignment? It seems odd that someone would dislike the subject of his book so strongly and feel so little sympathy for any aspect of him. What perhaps troubled me the most is the many statements made without citing evidence -- "the popularity of the double-talk was beginning to bother him," as well as all the innuendoes about sexual passivity -- so that in many instances we have no way of assessing how strong his evidence is. This is a pop biography, not a serious one, as if Danny Kaye doesn't deserve to have his work or life taken seriously. It's also as if the only interesting things about him might be contradictions to his public persona -- he wasn't gregarious! he was moody! he was unhappy! he was sexually ambiguous! -- as if in disappointment that no bigger scandals are forthcoming. Danny Kaye deserves better.
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
OK journalism where comedy becomes tragedy
By Flynn Farralone
This is a rather comprehensive look at Kaye's life with credible, recognizable sources (such as Alan King and some of Kaye's co-stars/directors/producers), although this book screams for input from the biggies in Kaye's life such as his daughter (apparently prohibited from speaking about her parents in their will) and some of his high-profile friends (most of whom were dead by the time this book was published). Gottfried airs out Kaye's dirty laundry pretty much, which is why we all read biographies anyways, and even if half of what he claims is true (no reason to believe it isn't as Gottfried is a respected journalist and the book has credible sources), then it is a fact that the Danny Kaye that generations laughed at for years and years was not really a reflection of who Kaye really was, and that Kaye predictably had a very dark side to him like most "zany" comedians -- Jerry Lewis, Robin Williams, Steve Martin and of course Jim Carrey come to mind.
Kaye could have been worse -- no claims of drug/alcohol abuse, not physically abusive, etc. -- but he appears to have been a totally self-absorbed manic-depressive and possibly (POSSIBLY) a closeted homosexual. The revelations made me sad not so much because he wasn't what he portrayed on-screen, but that he appears to have not enjoyed such a rich life and did not appreciate what he did for people (and did not appreciate the people who supported him and loved him so much). I never imagined Kaye to be a zany, delightful elf in his off-hours, but I always imagined him to be a gentle, perhaps retiring, sweet man, and according to Gottfried, he was not.
I think the person I felt the worst for after reading this book was his wife, Sylvia Fine, who has a notorious reputation in Hollywood lore as an enormously unpleasant woman. Was she this way because she was really that unkind and controlling? Gottfried presents a slightly different perspective, portraying her as a very shy, somewhat homely, but enormously intelligent woman who lacked social confidence, especially when contrasted to her incredibly extroverted and charming husband. The Fine we come to know is a woman who fell madly in love with Kaye at the age of 14 and kept on worshipping and holding on to him through infidelities, isolation, abandonment and humiliation up until his deathbed.
All-in-all, the book left me feeling that Kaye and Fine's life was triumphant in many outward ways but tragic on the personal side. But Kaye was a one-of-a-kind genius and it appears that people with his level of talent always pay for it in tears. But we must also remember that Kaye was a hard-working perfectionist who gave more of himself to the world than most, and that also takes a toll. His audience who "took" so much from him -- from moviegoers, to music-hall attendees to yes, even UNICEF -- was also instrumental in making Kaye the man who he was.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Author Despises Kaye
By Zabadu
This is nothing but an assassination of Danny Kaye. From the first lines of the book, one can see the author has no use for Kaye. Every line of praise is followed by the authors snide comments. If one of his movies was considered "classic", he says "maybe for the time, but not now." He speculates on Kaye's "sexuality", although claims of Kaye's homosexuality have been thoroughly rebuffed in three separate books, including a definitive bio of Olivier.
There are glaring errors in the book - a picture of Danny and his daughter caption reads "Danny and his thirteen year-old daughter", when it's quite obvious it should have read "thirty year-old" - as the picture is from the 1970's, and the daughter is grown in the photo. He bases the claim of Kaye's daughter being unable to write about her parents on a clip from a Houston newspaper. You can purchase his will for $10 online - I may, just to complete the research!
Kaye was an intensely private man, which seems abhorrent to the author. He did not socialize with other actors/players, and probably had an altered image of himself. His wife was commanding, and it's apparent that he was insecure in his actions, constantly fearing people would turn on him. However, this does not make him evil.
Horribly unbalanced, the few kind words the author allows are outweighed by the constant speculations of the author. It's sad that he was able to publish this one-sided view.
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