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Plot

In this sad drama, a nightclub chanteuse gives up everything to have her daughter educated abroad. When her grown-up, highly cultured daughter returns from Europe, she is appalled to learn the truth about her mother -- that she has a low class job entertaining boozy old men. She disowns her mother and the distraught mother begins singing the blues in earnest. Songs include: "I'm The Last Of The Red Hot Mommas," "I'm Doin' What I'm Doin' For Love," "He's A Good Man To Have Around," "I'm Feathering A Nest (For A Little Bluebird)," and "I Don't Want to Get Thin." and "Some of These Days."
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Family,Musicals
Run Time:
68min.
Distributor(s):
Warner Brothers
Director(s):
Lloyd Bacon
Starring:
Sophie Tucker , Lila Lee , Audrey Ferris , Mahlon Hamilton
Themes:
Mothers and Daughters
Tone:
Poignant,Tearjerking
Keywords:
childhood,daughter,entertainer,love,mother,nightclub,return,sacrifice,secrets,self-sacrifice,shock,songwriter