Menemsha Films is in charge of the U.S. Theatrical Release of "The Outrageous Sophie Tucker," directed by Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker William Gazecki, and produced and written by Susan and Lloyd Ecker. Sophie Tucker was the Opening Night film at the 2015 Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival and screened at many other film festivals.
The film is still playing in L.A. this weekend at the Laemmle's Royal Theater and in Encino at the Laemmle's Town Center 5.
"The Outrageous Sophie Tucker" is the rags to riches story of one of old time showbiz’s biggest personalities. From 1906 through the beginning of television, Sophie Tucker and her bawdy, brash, and risqué songs paved the way for performers such as Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, Bette Midler, Cher, Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Beyoncé.
After eight years spent reading hundreds of Tucker’s personal scrapbooks, visiting fourteen archives, and interviewing dozens of family, friends, and fellow icons of stage and screen, Susan and Lloyd Ecker have completed their comprehensive documentary about the Last of the Red Hot Mamas.
“Sophie was like the Forrest Gump of the first half of the 1900s,” says producer Susan Ecker. “She was close friends with seven U.S. presidents, King George VI, young Queen Elizabeth, Charlie Chaplin, J. Edgar Hoover, Al Capone, Judy Garland, Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra and every other notable of her era.”
“After immersing ourselves in Sophie's 400+ personal scrapbooks and meeting all of Tucker’s surviving friends and family,” says producer Lloyd Ecker, “this film biography is the complete uncensored tale of this vaudeville, Broadway, radio, television and Hollywood legend. Though she obsessively documented her life, Sophie loved to exaggerate for dramatic effect. Over the years, she told multiple versions of each important event. At the end, not even Sophie knew the difference between truth and tall tale".
The film is still playing in L.A. this weekend at the Laemmle's Royal Theater and in Encino at the Laemmle's Town Center 5.
"The Outrageous Sophie Tucker" is the rags to riches story of one of old time showbiz’s biggest personalities. From 1906 through the beginning of television, Sophie Tucker and her bawdy, brash, and risqué songs paved the way for performers such as Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, Bette Midler, Cher, Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Beyoncé.
After eight years spent reading hundreds of Tucker’s personal scrapbooks, visiting fourteen archives, and interviewing dozens of family, friends, and fellow icons of stage and screen, Susan and Lloyd Ecker have completed their comprehensive documentary about the Last of the Red Hot Mamas.
“Sophie was like the Forrest Gump of the first half of the 1900s,” says producer Susan Ecker. “She was close friends with seven U.S. presidents, King George VI, young Queen Elizabeth, Charlie Chaplin, J. Edgar Hoover, Al Capone, Judy Garland, Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra and every other notable of her era.”
“After immersing ourselves in Sophie's 400+ personal scrapbooks and meeting all of Tucker’s surviving friends and family,” says producer Lloyd Ecker, “this film biography is the complete uncensored tale of this vaudeville, Broadway, radio, television and Hollywood legend. Though she obsessively documented her life, Sophie loved to exaggerate for dramatic effect. Over the years, she told multiple versions of each important event. At the end, not even Sophie knew the difference between truth and tall tale".
- 8/8/2015
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
This is the rags to riches story of Sophie Tucker, an iconic superstar who ruled 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. Directed by William Gazecki and produced by Susan and Lloyd Ecker "The Outrageous Sophie Tucker" will open across south Florida starting November 7th.
Watch the trailer at the bottom of the page. Or watch this now:
Sophie Tucker: Musical Pioneer: http://youtu.be/FEAXdF2MQA4
Miami
Tower Theater Mdc
Aventura
AMC Aventura 24
Miami Beach
Regal South Beach 18
Fort Lauderdale
The Gateway Theatre
Tamarac
The Last Picture Show
Boca Raton
Living Room Theaters
Boca Raton
Regal Shadowood 16
Delray Beach
Movies of Delray
Lake Worth
Movies of Lake Worth
Palm Beach Gardens
Cobb Downtown 16...
Watch the trailer at the bottom of the page. Or watch this now:
Sophie Tucker: Musical Pioneer: http://youtu.be/FEAXdF2MQA4
Miami
Tower Theater Mdc
Aventura
AMC Aventura 24
Miami Beach
Regal South Beach 18
Fort Lauderdale
The Gateway Theatre
Tamarac
The Last Picture Show
Boca Raton
Living Room Theaters
Boca Raton
Regal Shadowood 16
Delray Beach
Movies of Delray
Lake Worth
Movies of Lake Worth
Palm Beach Gardens
Cobb Downtown 16...
- 10/1/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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