Honky Tonk (1929 film)

Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk
	theatrical film poster
Directed by	Lloyd Bacon
Written by	C. Graham Baker; Jack Yellen
Starring	Sophie Tucker
Cinematography	Ben F. Reynolds
Music by	Alois Reiser
Production; company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	August 31, 1929; (limited release)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$251,000
Box office	$650,000

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]

Plot

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.

Cast

Sophie Tucker as Sophie Leonard
Lila Lee as Beth, Sophie daughter
Wilbur Mack as Stuttering valet
Audrey Ferris as Jean Gilmore
Tom Keene as Freddie Gilmore
Mahlon Hamilton as Jim Blaken
John T. Murray as Cafe manager

Reception

According to Warner Bros the film earned $448,000 domestically and $202,000 foreign.^[1]

Musical numbers

"I'm Doing What I'm Doing for Love" (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen)
"He's a Good Man To Have Around" (Ager, Yellen)
"I'm Feathering a Nest (For a Little Blue Bird)" (Ager, Yellen)
"I'm the Last of the Red Hot Mamas" (Ager, Yellen)
"I Don't Want To Get Thin" (Ager, Yellen)
"Some of These Days" (Shelton Brooks)

References

External links

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