Documentary on women in the entertainment business through a collage of recordings of the entertainers themselves. Profiled in the program are Sophie Tucker, Fanny Brice, Mae West, Ethel Waters, Helen Morgan, Frances Faye, Marlene Dietrich, Billie Holiday, and Belle Barth. Produced by Heather Schoen. Joe Franklin introduces a segment on the first reel, and on the third reel Lillian Herlein discusses her early vaudeville career and Paul Lipson discusses Belle Barth.
PRA metadata viewThis recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica's American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email: americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.
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