TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pitrone,Jean Maddern
TI  - Take It from the big mouth: the life of Martha Raye 
SN  - 9780813157412
AV  - PN2287.R248 P58 1999
U1  - 791.092 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Raye, Martha.
KW  - Entertainers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Artistes du spectacle
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Biographies
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS
KW  - Reference
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Entertainment & Performing Arts
KW  - Women
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index; Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 The Sudden-Death Circuit; 2 Martha Raye, Girl Singer; 3 To the Top; 4 Marriage and the Movies; 5 In Love and War; 6 A Child and Charlie Chaplin; 7 Roller Coaster; 8 Shangri-la; 9 Threats in the Night; 10 Imperfect Balance; 11 The Marriage Merry-Go-Round; 12 Separate Lives; 13 Under Fire; 14 Colonel Maggie; 15 The Big Mouth; 16 Newlyweds; 17 On the Edge; 18 Martha Raye, Civilian; Filmography; Sources; Index
N2  - ""She was one of the world's four best comediennes, "" said Milton Berle, ""but she lived a life of personal disaster."" Martha Raye sang, danced, and joked her way into the spotlight of the entertainment world with a career that spanned seven decades and encompassed everything from vaudeville to television commercials to entertaining U.S. troops. Take It from the Big Mouth, the first full-fledged biography of the multi-talented performer, explores Raye's life and career with candor and insight. Raye got her big break when she caught the attention of a film director as she kidded with audience
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