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Born in rural Ohio in 1897, Beryl Halley was educated at a strict Freewill Baptist school. After briefly teaching in a one-room schoolhouse, she joined the navy in 1918 before her unlikely path led her to Broadway, then to the Ziegfeld Follies (1923-1925). She also appeared in Earl Carroll's Vanities and other revues, as well as in films, and had a widely publicized brush with the law (over alleged nudity) in 1926.
She retired from show business in 1930, married an insurance executive and had a family, later reappearing in the public eye as an officer in the Ziegfeld Girls' Club. Making her home in Houston in the 1950s, she worked as legal secretary for a large law firm. Her death at age 90 was unpublicized. Her story is told here for the first time.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Representative Ziegfeld Girl
1. Bladen to Rio Grande, 1897-1913
2. Rio Grande to Norfolk, Virginia, 1913-1920
3. Norfolk to Broadway, 1920-1924
4. Ziegfeld Girl, 1924-1925
5. Palm Beach Nights, The Bunk ... and More, 1926-1927
6. The Bladen Beauty's "Big Apple," or Beryl Halley's New York City
7. The World She Left Behind, or Gallia County in Prosperity and Depression
8. Life After the Follies, 1927-1929
9. Surviving the Depression, 1929-1933
10. Marriage and the Ziegfeld Girls Club, 1933-1941
11. New York to Texas, 1941-1953
12. Texas, 1953-1988
Appendix: Beryl's Buddies
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
