Honky Tonk | |
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Directed by | Lloyd Bacon |
Written by |
C. Graham Baker Jack Yellen |
Starring | Sophie Tucker |
Cinematography | Ben F. Reynolds |
Music by | Alois Reiser |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $251,000 [1] |
Box office | $650,000 [1] |
Honky Tonk is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical film starring Sophie Tucker in her film debut. The film was a flop when released and is now lost, although the Vitaphone soundtrack for the film and for the trailer still exists. Tucker sings a number of songs in the movie, including her theme song " Some of These Days", and "I'm the Last of the Red Hot Mamas", from which she took her billing as "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas". [2] [3]
Sophie Tucker plays Sophie Leonard, a singer in a nightclub who at great sacrifice sends her daughter Beth ( Lila Lee) to Europe to be educated, keeping her work as an entertainer a secret from her. When the grown-up, expensively educated Beth returns to America, she is shocked to discover her mother's true profession and disowns her, breaking Sophie's heart.
According to Warner Bros the film earned $448,000 domestically and $202,000 foreign. [1]
Honky Tonk | |
---|---|
Directed by | Lloyd Bacon |
Written by |
C. Graham Baker Jack Yellen |
Starring | Sophie Tucker |
Cinematography | Ben F. Reynolds |
Music by | Alois Reiser |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
|
Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $251,000 [1] |
Box office | $650,000 [1] |
Honky Tonk is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical film starring Sophie Tucker in her film debut. The film was a flop when released and is now lost, although the Vitaphone soundtrack for the film and for the trailer still exists. Tucker sings a number of songs in the movie, including her theme song " Some of These Days", and "I'm the Last of the Red Hot Mamas", from which she took her billing as "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas". [2] [3]
Sophie Tucker plays Sophie Leonard, a singer in a nightclub who at great sacrifice sends her daughter Beth ( Lila Lee) to Europe to be educated, keeping her work as an entertainer a secret from her. When the grown-up, expensively educated Beth returns to America, she is shocked to discover her mother's true profession and disowns her, breaking Sophie's heart.
According to Warner Bros the film earned $448,000 domestically and $202,000 foreign. [1]