
Nan is the soda fountain queen in Dead Dog. She is in love with Billy, but she got a letter from a New York lawyer saying that she and her cousin, Hezekiah, a New England school teacher, would have to marry in order to share a bequest of some thousands of dollars.
Scott Darling, Maie B. Havey
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The Anarchic Charm of the Soda Fountain Queen To witness Dangerous Nan McGrew is to step into a volatile crucible of early 20th-century comedic innovation. Released during a period when the Western genre was beginning to solidify its own tropes, Al Christie’s production—starring the incomparable Fay Tincher—function...

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" The Anarchic Charm of the Soda Fountain Queen To witness Dangerous Nan McGrew is to step into a volatile crucible of early 20th-century comedic innovation. Released during a period when the Western genre was beginning to solidify its own tropes, Al Christie’s production—starring the incomparable Fay Tincher—functions less as a straightforward cowboy yarn and more as a sophisticated deconstruction of frontier mythology. Tincher, known for her gum-chewing, brash persona, brings a kinetic energy..."


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