Sophie Tucker - First Lady of Show Business

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