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Queen Of The Nightclubs

1929, Movie, NR, 60 mins

Queen Of The Nightclubs: Review

Little remembered today, this tale of speakeasies and murder is significant for two reasons. First, it introduced George Raft to films, and, second, it immortalized one of the great characters of the whole prohibition era, Texas Guinan, here playing a thinly disguised but heavily fictionalized version of herself. Guinan was born in Texas, but as a young woman she drifted first to Chicago, then to New York as a dancer, actress, and occasional rodeo bronc rider. After WW I she... read more leave a comment