The Outrageous Sophie Tucker (2014)

The rags to riches story of Sophie Tucker an iconic superstar who ruled the worlds of vaudeville Broadway radio television and Hollywood throughout the 20th century Before Beyoncé Lady Gaga Madonna Bette Midler Marilyn Monroe and Mae West Sophie Tucker was the first woman to infatuate her audiences with a bold bawdy and brassy style unlike any other Using all of The Last of the Red Hot Mamas 400plus recently rediscovered personal scrapbooks authors Susan and Lloyd Ecker take you on their sevenyear journey retracing Tuckers sixtyyear career in show business