John Franceschina is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre at The Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Sisters of Gore: Seven Gothic Melodramas by British Women, Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, Homosexualities in the English Theatre from Lyly to Wilde, The Dramatic Works of the Marquis de Sade (3 volumes), Duke Ellington's Music for the Theater, David Braham: The American Offenbach, Harry B. Smith: Dean of American Librettists, They Started Talking: The Autobiography of Frank Tuttle, Socialists, Socialites, and Sociopaths: The Plays of Frank Tuttle, and Against the Grain: Theatre from Ritual to Realism.

I always considered Hermes Pan to be my 'other father', and though I knew much of his story, in this wonderfully informative book John Franceschina has filled the gaps.

• Introduction ; 1. Black Bottom to Broadway ; 2. Try Dancing ; 3. Fifteen Cents a Dance ; 4. The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire ; 5. Chica Chica Boom Chic ; 6. Red Robins, Bob Whites, and Bluebirds ; 7. Wonderful Nonsense ; 8. He Could Make a Wooden Indian Dance ; 9. The Life of an Elephant ; 10. Star Turns ; 11. Seventy-Five Watusi Witch Doctors ; 12. Help Me Dream ; Acknowledgements ; Bibliography ; Index

John Franceschina is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre at The Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Sisters of Gore: Seven Gothic Melodramas by British Women, Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, Homosexualities in the English Theatre from Lyly to Wilde, The Dramatic Works of the Marquis de Sade (3 volumes), Duke Ellington's Music for the Theater, David Braham: The American Offenbach, Harry B. Smith: Dean of American Librettists, They Started Talking: The Autobiography of Frank Tuttle, Socialists, Socialites, and Sociopaths: The Plays of Frank Tuttle, and Against the Grain: Theatre from Ritual to Realism.

I always considered Hermes Pan to be my 'other father', and though I knew much of his story, in this wonderfully informative book John Franceschina has filled the gaps.

• Introduction ; 1. Black Bottom to Broadway ; 2. Try Dancing ; 3. Fifteen Cents a Dance ; 4. The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire ; 5. Chica Chica Boom Chic ; 6. Red Robins, Bob Whites, and Bluebirds ; 7. Wonderful Nonsense ; 8. He Could Make a Wooden Indian Dance ; 9. The Life of an Elephant ; 10. Star Turns ; 11. Seventy-Five Watusi Witch Doctors ; 12. Help Me Dream ; Acknowledgements ; Bibliography ; Index

John Franceschina is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre at The Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Sisters of Gore: Seven Gothic Melodramas by British Women, Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, Homosexualities in the English Theatre from Lyly to Wilde, The Dramatic Works of the Marquis de Sade (3 volumes), Duke Ellington's Music for the Theater, David Braham: The American Offenbach, Harry B. Smith: Dean of American Librettists, They Started Talking: The Autobiography of Frank Tuttle, Socialists, Socialites, and Sociopaths: The Plays of Frank Tuttle, and Against the Grain: Theatre from Ritual to Realism.

I always considered Hermes Pan to be my 'other father', and though I knew much of his story, in this wonderfully informative book John Franceschina has filled the gaps.

• Introduction ; 1. Black Bottom to Broadway ; 2. Try Dancing ; 3. Fifteen Cents a Dance ; 4. The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire ; 5. Chica Chica Boom Chic ; 6. Red Robins, Bob Whites, and Bluebirds ; 7. Wonderful Nonsense ; 8. He Could Make a Wooden Indian Dance ; 9. The Life of an Elephant ; 10. Star Turns ; 11. Seventy-Five Watusi Witch Doctors ; 12. Help Me Dream ; Acknowledgements ; Bibliography ; Index