Author: Verity Sweeny Purdy. Published by Twin Eagles Publishing, Sechelt, BC., 2008, 1st Edition. Signed by the Author. Printed in USA. Very Good Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with minor cover delamination and curling. Size: 8.25 x 5.25 inch, 256 pages.
DANCING ON AIR; MY LIFE WITH RAI PURDY, "is a fascinating story of an artist on the cutting edge of television ... and the woman who supported him." Jan DeGrass, Coast Reporter.
It's hard to imagine life without television. It's even harder to remember that the television programming we take for granted was in its infancy a mere fifty years ago. No colour. No videotapes. Just black and white live programs, the work of a small handful of imaginative producers, directors, editors and actors who created shows by adapting radio and stage techniques. Dancing On Air tells the story of one of these pioneers, a Canadian, Horatio "Rai" Purdy who came to television via a stage and radio career. Written by Rai Purdy's widow, this is the third of her memoirs.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: VERITY SWEENY PURDY is a London-trained ballet dancer who performed in Hollywood, taught at a Seattle dance school and once changed her name to Anna Verite. Having described her girlhood dancing career in The Luckiest Girl in the World (Heritage House 1998), she has recalled her days as a WW II soldier and 'hoofer', and as Private V. Sweeny she toured from 1943 to 1946 with the Canadian Army Show that included comedians Frank Shuster and Johnny Wayne. She was born in Vancouver in 1922 and grew up in the city's West End.
