Sophie Tucker - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sophie Tucker write by Armond Fields. This book was released on 2003-05-08. Sophie Tucker available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sophie Tucker appeared in only seven American stage musicals and appeared only twice on Broadway but, then, it was difficult to cast her in a show. A buxom and ebullient performer, she--and her audiences--quickly found that playing herself was most effective. This is a biography of a vaudeville and cabaret performer who saw herself as one of the first liberated women and one of the last "red hot mamas." It tells the story of her birth as her mother traveled to Boston from Russia, her childhood in Boston, and her first public performance at Poli's Vaudeville Theatre at the age of 13. It also tells the story of her troubled marriage to Louis Tuck and the birth of their son, her meeting with Willie Howard, a vaudeville veteran who encouraged her to go to New York and pursue a stage career, her discovery by Flo Ziegfeld (of the Ziegfeld Follies), and her rise to headliner status under the guidance of her agent William Morris. She was best known for appearing on stage with just a piano player, and openly discussing her life and Jewish upbringing.
Red Hot Mama
Red Hot Mama - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Red Hot Mama write by Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff. This book was released on 2018-04-02. Red Hot Mama available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The “First Lady of Show Business” and the “Last of the Red Hot Mamas,” Sophie Tucker was a star in vaudeville, radio, film, and television. A gutsy, song-belting stage performer, she entertained audiences for sixty years and inspired a host of younger women, including Judy Garland, Carol Channing, and Bette Midler. Tucker was a woman who defied traditional expectations and achieved success on her own terms, becoming the first female president of the American Federation of Actors and winning many other honors usually bestowed on men. Dedicated to social justice, she advocated for African Americans in the entertainment industry and cultivated friendships with leading black activists and performers. Tucker was also one of the most generous philanthropists in show business, raising over four million dollars for the religious and racial causes she held dear. Drawing from the hundreds of scrapbooks Tucker compiled, Red Hot Mama presents a compelling biography of this larger-than-life performer. Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff tells an engrossing story of how a daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants set her sights on becoming one of the most formidable women in show business and achieved her version of the American dream. More than most of her contemporaries, Tucker understood how to keep her act fresh, to change branding when audiences grew tired and, most importantly, how to connect with her fans, the press, and entertainment moguls. Both deservedly famous and unjustly forgotten today, Tucker stands out as an exemplar of the immigrant experience and a trailblazer for women in the entertainment industry.
Some of These Days
Some of These Days - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Some of These Days write by . This book was released on 1946. Some of These Days available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
I am Sophie Tucker
I am Sophie Tucker - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook I am Sophie Tucker write by Susan Ecker. This book was released on 2014-10-21. I am Sophie Tucker available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Features more than 90 beautiful color and 120 black and white period illustrations. Part fairy tale, part crime novel, part rags to riches Hollywood myth, I Am Sophie Tucker tells the outrageous story of one of showbiz’s biggest personalities. From 1906 through the beginning of television, Sophie Tucker and her bawdy, brash, and risqué songs paved the way for performers such as West, Monroe, Midler, Cher, Madonna, and Gaga. “Sophie was like the Forrest Gump of the first half of the 1900s,” says co-author Susan Ecker. “She was close friends with seven presidents, King George VI, young Queen Elizabeth, Chaplin, J. Edgar, Capone, Garland, Jerry Lewis, Sinatra and every other notable of her era.” Tucker tried to get her story published for nine years, without success. Undaunted, Sophie hired half a dozen ghostwriters, but she still had no takers for her no holds barred autobiography. Eventually, Doubleday published a sanitized version in 1945. “After immersing ourselves in Sophie’s papers and surviving friends,” says co-author Lloyd Ecker, “this initial volume is what should have been the actual autobiography of Tucker.” Though she obsessively documented her life, Sophie loved to exaggerate for dramatic effect. Over the years, she told multiple versions of each important event. At the end, not even Sophie knew the difference between truth and tall tale. “This volume is 85% fact,” Lloyd explains. “The other 15% …who knows?” I Am Sophie Tucker puts back all of the delicious bits nixed by Doubleday’s lawyers and throws in other Tucker show business dirt, intrigue, arrests, romance, murder, gangsters, and scandals. Now you can read it for yourself.
Shape Up Your Business
Shape Up Your Business - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Shape Up Your Business write by Sophie Cornish. This book was released on 2014-07-03. Shape Up Your Business available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sophie Cornish and Holly Tucker, authors of the no.1 Sunday Timesbestseller Build a Business from Your Kitchen Table, are back with Shape Up Your Business, a book of insight and tried-and-tested lessons to help you and your business fly. Sophie and Holly are the founders of notonthehighstreet.com, an award-winning, multimillion-pound online marketplace selling a multitude of innovative, stylish products. In this book they draw on years of experience growing their company and bringing success to thousands of small businesses to help you take stock, look at what's working for you and your business, and what could be better. Whether you need to improve your confidence, learn the tricks of negotiation or manage your team more effectively, Sophie and Holly have produced a 30-day plan that will give your business the overhaul it needs to grow. If you haven't got your own business yet, their entrepreneurial approach will help with the day job until you get there. With searing honesty, Shape Up Your Businessreveals the secrets to keeping that crucial work-life balance while achieving your goals, as Sophie and Holly share their own stories of overcoming all the challenges on their journey.
