WHAT TIME'S THE NEXT SWAN?

by Walter Slezak ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

Mr. Walter Slezak's father was an opera singer in Vienna, and much of this humorous autobiography is devoted to recollections of his father and his career, of the various schools young Walter was sent to in Vienna, and of his first visit to America, when his father came to sing at the Met. Slezak was a young banker when he was spotted at a cafe by a film director and given a role which started him on his acting career. After struggles for more roles in films and on the stage in Germany, he was seen by the Schuberts in a play they were planning to produce in America, and offered the role in New York. So Slezak came here in 1930, went to Hollywood, tried to break into radio, had the usual trials and discouragements, which he cheerfully relates. In the low spots he was up by the belief that when things get really bad, a lucky break will turn up a belief, which, in Walter Slezak's case, has frequently been justified. A warm and anecdotal book, sometimes quite funny.

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Publisher: Doubleday

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1962

Categories: NONFICTION