The story of Mamie Hudler, aka Rodeo West (Billie Dove), from her days as a New Orleans singer to a California Western movie cowgirl star to the queen of the New York City nightclubs and speakeasies with Oldfield (George MacFarlane) as the man she doesn't love and Brood (Edmund Lowe) as the man she does love. In short, the semi-close story of the real-life Texas Guinan, despite the disclaimers.
Is this worth your time? If you have a soft spot for early talkies where everyone sounds like they are shouting into a metal bucket, you might like this. It is definitely for people who enjoy 1920s fashion and the weird transition period of cinema. If you need a fast plot or clear audio, you will probably hate it withi...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Millard Webb
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
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"Is this worth your time? If you have a soft spot for early talkies where everyone sounds like they are shouting into a metal bucket, you might like this. It is definitely for people who enjoy 1920s fashion and the weird transition period of cinema. If you need a fast plot or clear audio, you will probably hate it within ten minutes. I sat down with The Painted Angel thinking it would be a standard musical. It isn't really a musical, but it has singing. It is more like a highlight reel of a woma..."
Nellie Bly Baker
Fannie Hurst, Forrest Halsey
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