Cynthia Brideson and Sara Brideson
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780813160887
- eISBN:
- 9780813165530
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813160887.003.0007
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter covers Ziegfeld’s courtship of Burke and her initially ambivalent feelings about him. Their relationship brings out the showman in Ziegfeld, as he tries to prove his devotion through ...
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This chapter covers Ziegfeld’s courtship of Burke and her initially ambivalent feelings about him. Their relationship brings out the showman in Ziegfeld, as he tries to prove his devotion through grand gestures. Burke and Ziegfeld share an inclination to overspend, and Burke buys her own estate, Burkeley Crest. Correspondence between Burke and Ziegfeld reveals a vulnerable and desperate side that Ziegfeld rarely showed to women. Ziegfeld and Burke ultimately elope, and the chapter details their first months together. Burke, who is more domestic than Ziegfeld, hopes to make Burkeley Crest their primary residence rather than Ziegfeld’s New York hotel suite. Most of their early days as a married couple are spent apart, due to their respective careers. Burke accepts roles in films, while Ziegfeld remains entrenched in the Follies. Ziegfeld is not done with his philandering ways, however, despite his love for Burke.Less
This chapter covers Ziegfeld’s courtship of Burke and her initially ambivalent feelings about him. Their relationship brings out the showman in Ziegfeld, as he tries to prove his devotion through grand gestures. Burke and Ziegfeld share an inclination to overspend, and Burke buys her own estate, Burkeley Crest. Correspondence between Burke and Ziegfeld reveals a vulnerable and desperate side that Ziegfeld rarely showed to women. Ziegfeld and Burke ultimately elope, and the chapter details their first months together. Burke, who is more domestic than Ziegfeld, hopes to make Burkeley Crest their primary residence rather than Ziegfeld’s New York hotel suite. Most of their early days as a married couple are spent apart, due to their respective careers. Burke accepts roles in films, while Ziegfeld remains entrenched in the Follies. Ziegfeld is not done with his philandering ways, however, despite his love for Burke.
