[Dixielandjazz] Big Butter and Egg Man

[Dick Baker]

>To Bill Haesler's extensive list of "Big Butter & Egg Man" 
>originals, including a 1928 silent film, let me add that nightclub 
>owner/manager Texas Guinan herself was a former silent film star, 
>having made dozens of them.  See her entry at the Internet Movie 
>Data Base: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0347345/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1

Then there's the 1945 film "Incendiary Blonde 
(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037816/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1): 
"The life of boisterous entertainer Texas Guinan is recalled from her 
poor childhood with a down-on-his-luck father to her reign as the 
Queen of the Night Clubs. Along the way, she also finds romance and 
heartbreak."  Stars Betty Hutton as Guinan and Barry Fitzgerald as 
her father, and the soundtrack is filled with period tunes that 
qualify as OKOM.

And in addition to coining the term "Big butter and egg man," Guinan 
was noted for greeting patrons to her joint with the epithet "Hello, sucker!"


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      Dick Baker
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