Incendiary Blonde is a highly entertaining if historically suspect biopic of "Queen of the Nightclubs" Texas Guinan. As played (or overplayed) by Betty Hutton, Guinan is a hoydenish Texas gal whose showbiz career gets under way when she joins a Wild West show in 1909. A favorite with male patrons because of her salty vocabulary and what-the-hell attitude, Guinan rises to fame as a Broadway musical-comedy star and movie actress, only to crash-land after an unhappy marriage to her manager Tim Callahan (Bill Goodwin). Taking advantage of Prohibition, Guinan opens the first of several nightclubs, fending off the Feds while welcome her customers with an insouciant "Hello, sucker!" Naturally, Betty Hutton is given several opportunities to sing and dance, which she does with her usual unbridled enthusiasm.
by Hal Erickson
synopsis
- Ladder To The Top
- Rags To Riches
- Cinderella Stories
- Pick-Me-Ups
- Prohibition
- Profile [character]
- Life
- Financial
- Get-rich-quick-scheme
- Host
- Rodeo
- Nightclub
- Scam
- Songwriting
- Speakeasy
