Winnie Lightner: Tomboy of the Talkies

by David C Lightner and David L. Lightner

Winnie Lightner (1899-1971) stood out as the first great female comedian of the talkies. Blessed with a superb singing voice and a gift for making wisecracks and rubber faces, she rose to stardom in vaudeville and on Broadway. Then, at the dawn of the sound era, she became the first person in motion picture history to have her spoken words, the lyrics to a song, censored.

In Winnie Lightner: Tomboy of the Talkies, David L. Lightner shows how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496809831
• ISBN13: 9781496809834
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"