THE WORLD OF GEOFFREY MARK
ETHEL MERMAN / LUCILLE BALL / ELLA FITZGERALD
Geoffrey Mark is a walking encyclopedia of show business history. Born in Brooklyn, NY and raised all over the country, Mr. Mark has worked as an actor, singer, stand-up comedian, radio host, and Grammy nominated writer. He writes and produces documentaries and reality shows for cable television.
Jazz singer, comedian, radio show personality, show business historian, actor, producer and best-selling au...
THE WORLD OF GEOFFREY MARK
ETHEL MERMAN / LUCILLE BALL / ELLA FITZGERALD
Geoffrey Mark is a walking encyclopedia of show business history. Born in Brooklyn, NY and raised all over the country, Mr. Mark has worked as an actor, singer, stand-up comedian, radio host, and Grammy nominated writer. He writes and produces documentaries and reality shows for cable television.
Jazz singer, comedian, radio show personality, show business historian, actor, producer and best-selling author Geoffrey Mark is marking his fiftieth anniversary in show business. Mr. Mark got started professionally when he was only fifteen, co-starring in "L'il Abner" at the Colony 7 Dinner Theater outside of Washington, D.C.
Through the years, Mr. Mark has starred off-Broadway in five productions, been a huge success in night clubs all over the world singing jazz and doing stand-up comedy, written and produced dozens of programs for cable TV, is the author of the best-selling tomes "The Lucy Book", "Ethel Merman: The Biggest Star on Broadway" and two books on Ella Fitzgerald. He is also the mighty proud recipient of an Emmy Award, as well as a Grammy Award nomination.
*** GEOFFREY MARK PLAYS ELLA - Radio show hosted by Geoffrey Mark and dedicated to the music of Ella Fitzgerald
*** THE LUCY BOOK: THE LUCY BOOK is pubished with the support of the Arnaz family
Called "The Bible" by Lucy fans, The Lucy Book is a compendium of Miss Ball's entire television career, from early live TV until her death forty years later. Appearance by appearance, episode by episode, every time Lucille Ball performed on television is abundantly covered -- who was there, what went on backstage, and what went into the making of the performance. The tome is authorized by Desilu, Too, LLC and has a forward by Steve Allen. The New Lucy Book covers her films, radio shows and stage performances. Written with the cooperation of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., who both consented to rare interviews, The Lucy Book is an amazing retrospective of the five-decade television career of America's favorite redhead. Containing hundreds of original interviews with cast members, guest stars, production people, contemporaries, family, and friends, this book will tell you for the first time what it was really like to work with Lucy. Year by year, episode by episode, television appearance by television appearance, you can follow the meteoric careers of this comedy legend. Her five series--I love Lucy (1951-57), The Lucille Ball-Dezi Arnaz Show (1957-1960), The Lucy Show (1962-68), Here's Lucy (1968-74), and Life with Lucy (1986)--are thoroughly covered, as are her myriad guest appearances on other situation comedies, dramas, games shows, talks hows, variety shows, commercials, and specials. All told, more than 1,000 television appearances are extensively chronicles in this book.
- Publisher : Renaissance Books; First Edition (June 12 1999)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 356 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1580630510
- ISBN-13 : 978-1580630511
Mr. Mark currently has his own radio show "Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella", and is finishing up "The New Lucy Book" and his tell-all memoir, "The Devil was Born in Brooklyn".
