Take It from the Big Mouth [electronic resource] : The Life of Martha Raye / Jean Maddern Pitrone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pitrone, Jean Maddern, 1920-2008.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entertainers--United States--Biography.

Entertainers.

Raye, Martha.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""She was one of the world's four best comediennes,"" said Milton Berle, ""but she lived a life of personal disaster."" Martha Raye sang, danced, and joked her way into the spotlight of the entertainment world with a career that spanned seven decades and encompassed everything from vaudeville to television commercials to entertaining U.S. troops. Take It from the Big Mouth, the first full-fledged biography of the multi-talented performer, explores Raye's life and career with candor and insight. Raye got her big break when she caught the attention of a film director as she kidded with audience

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 The Sudden-Death Circuit; 2 Martha Raye, Girl Singer; 3 To the Top; 4 Marriage and the Movies; 5 In Love and War; 6 A Child and Charlie Chaplin; 7 Roller Coaster; 8 Shangri-la; 9 Threats in the Night; 10 Imperfect Balance; 11 The Marriage Merry-Go-Round; 12 Separate Lives; 13 Under Fire; 14 Colonel Maggie; 15 The Big Mouth; 16 Newlyweds; 17 On the Edge; 18 Martha Raye, Civilian; Filmography; Sources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-5741-2

OCLC:

607251542