The Seven Lively Arts
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1. The 7 Lively Arts by Gilbert Seldes2. ILLUSTRATIONS3. NOTE4. THE KEYSTONE THE BUILDERS REJECTED5. AN IMAGINARY CONVERSATION6. “I AM HERE TO-DAY”: CHARLIE CHAPLIN7. SAY IT WITH MUSIC8. TEARING A PASSION TO RAGTIME9. TOUJOURS JAZZ10. MR DOOLEY, MEET MR LARDNER11. A TRIBUTE TO FLORENZ ZIEGFELD12. THE DARKTOWN STRUTTERS ON BROADWAY13. PLAN FOR A LYRIC THEATRE IN AMERICA14. THE ONE-MAN SHOW15. THE DÆMONIC IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE16. THESE, TOO ...17. THE “VULGAR” COMIC STRIP18. THE KRAZY KAT THAT WALKS BY HIMSELF19. THE DAMNED EFFRONTERY OF THE TWO-A-DAY20. THEY CALL IT DANCING21. ST SIMEON STYLITES22. BURLESQUE, CIRCUS, CLOWNS, AND ACROBATS23. THE TRUE AND INIMITABLE KINGS OF LAUGHTER24. THE GREAT GOD BOGUS25. AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MOVIE MAGNATES26. BEFORE A PICTURE BY PICASSO27. APPENDIX TO “I AM HERE TO-DAY”28. “BANANAS” AND OTHER SONGS29. APPENDIX TO “THESE, TOO ...”30. THE KRAZY KAT BALLET31. FURTHER NOTE ON THE FRATELLINI32. THE CINEMA NOVEL33. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS34. INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES