Honky Tonk (1929 film)

Honky Tonk
theatrical film poster
Directed by	Lloyd Bacon
Written by	C. Graham Baker Jack Yellen
Starring	Sophie Tucker
Music by	Alois Reiser
Cinematography	Ben F. Reynolds
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	August 31, 1929 (1929-08-31) (limited release)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Honky Tonk is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical film starring Sophie Tucker in her film debut. The film was a flop when released and is now lost, although the Vitaphone soundtrack for the film and for the trailer still exists. Tucker sings a number of songs in the movie, including her theme song "Some of These Days", and "I'm the Last of the Red Hot Mamas", from which she took her billing as "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas".

Plot

Sophie Tucker plays Sophie Leonard, a singer in a nightclub who at great sacrifice sends her daughter Beth (Lila Lee) to Europe to be educated, keeping her work as an entertainer a secret from her. When the grown-up, expensively educated Beth returns to America, she is shocked to discover her mother's true profession and disowns her, breaking Sophie's heart.

Cast

• Sophie Tucker as Sophie Leonard
• Lila Lee as Beth, Sophie daughter
• Wilbur Mack as Stuttering valet
• Audrey Ferris as Jean Gilmore
• Tom Keene as Freddie Gilmore
• Mahlon Hamilton as Jim Blaken
• John T. Murray as Cafe manager

Musical numbers

• "I'm Doing What I'm Doing for Love" (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen)
• "He's a Good Man To Have Around" (Ager, Yellen)
• "I'm Feathering a Nest (For a Little Blue Bird)" (Ager, Yellen)
• "I'm the Last of the Red Hot Mamas" (Ager, Yellen)
• "I Don't Want To Get Thin" (Ager, Yellen)
• "Some of These Days" (Shelton Brooks)

See also

• List of incomplete or partially lost films

External links

• Honky Tonk at IMDb
• Honky Tonk at AllMovie
• lobby poster, original release
• Honky Tonk Soundtrack at Internet Archive