Buckles Blog: FEATHERS #6

Friday, May 17, 2019

FEATHERS #6

6 comments:

Paul Binder said...: Sally Rand?; 18 May, 2019 08:23
Chic Silber said...: Yup but her name was

really Helen Gould Beck; 18 May, 2019 10:32
Charles Hanson said...: Will make this brief as probably posted before....I saw Sally Rand when she was featured on Cetlin & WIlson Railroad Carnival. She was in her mid fifties or so and was the star on Raynell's Revue...Raynell was a top notch girl show producer and had previously produced girl shows on Royal American Railroad Carnival. Sally Rand still had the body of a 25 year old, long blonde hair, and she worked under blue spotlight. Unless one knew her history, you would have guessed her age at the time as maybe in her thirties. She packed them in at every performance at $1.00 a pop and did extensive radio and Tv coverage for the carnival. For the Finale' she came out dressed in black wrap around lingerie and said,"I want to thank all my old friends who came tonight....and for those who didn't....better luck next year. A little raunchy language for the time period.; 18 May, 2019 11:41
Roger Smith said...: Read the new book by Leslie Zemeckis, FEUDING FAN DANCERS AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE SHOWGIRL. It details the angst between Ms. Rand and Faith Bacon over who created the fan dance. Some may recall Ms. Zemeckis wrote, produced, and directed the documentary, MABEL, MABEL, TIGER TRAINER, plus GODDESS OF LOVE INCARNATE, the bio of Lili St. Cyr., BOUND BY FLESH, the history of Daisy and Violet Hilton, and BEHIND THE BURLY Q, the sage of American burlesque.; 21 May, 2019 03:15
Roger Smith said...: CHARLES: Never hesitate to re-hash. Lots of my stuff can seem old-hat, too, when seen by long-time readers. But for those just joining out, our tales re-told will be new to them, and many will never get details like we have if we don't post them, even in seeming repetition.

KENNY DODD has a story a lot like yours. He spent an entrancing day with Ms. Rand, and to this day remembers it as a lasting highlight. He said she was a delight to jackpot with, an unpretentious, friendly lady backstage, and a genuine friendship was born because a name star was showfolks to her visitor.

Remind me to tell you about the burlesque queens I made friends with backstage at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club, in Dallas, just weeks before President Kennedy was shot. No kidding.; 21 May, 2019 16:15
Charles Hanson said...: Burlesque people were unique to say the least...Would enjoy hearing about your backstage friendships from the Carousel Club.; 22 May, 2019 11:38

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