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Sophie Tucker - First Lady of Show Business

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A biography of vaudeville and cabaret performer Sophie Tucker, who saw herself as one of the first liberated women and one of the last "red hot mamas." She was best known for appearing on stage with just a piano player, and openly discussing her life and Jewish upbringing.

List of contents










Table of Contents

Acknowledgments    

Introduction    

1 Welcome to America    

2 Breaking In    

3 The Mary Garden of Ragtime (1)    

4 The Mary Garden of Ragtime (2)    

5 Vaudeville Stardom    

6 Celebrating Cabarets    

7 Risky Business    

8 At the Top of Her Game    

9 Burning Up the Boards    

10 Honky Tonk    

11 Escape to London    

12 Looking Back Over Her Shoulder    

13 The Labor Union Blues    

14 Fast Becoming a Legend    

15 The Glory Years    

16 A Fabulous Character    

Epilogue    

Notes    

Selected Bibliography and Source Material    

Index    


About the author










The late Armond Fields was a social historian specializing in American popular theater. The author of numerous books about vaudeville and other early theater figures, he lived in Culver City, California.

Product details

Authors Armond Fields
Publisher Ingram Publishers Services
 
Languages English
Age Recommendation from age 18
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 22.05.2003
 
EAN 9780786415779
ISBN 978-0-7864-1577-9
No. of pages 272
Dimensions 178 mm x 254 mm x 14 mm
Weight 467 g
Illustrations Raster,schwarz-weiss
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet
Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS / General, Biography: arts & entertainment, Other performing arts, Biography: arts and entertainment, Variety shows, music hall, cabaret

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