Event

The Outrageous Sophie Tucker

Los Angeles Premiere
Documentary/USA/96 minutes/2014

Directed by William Gazecki

Produced by Susan and Lloyd Ecker
Featuring: Barbara Walters, Tony Benett, Bruce Vilanch, Michael Feinstein, Mamie Van Doren

The rags to riches story of Sophie Tucker, the iconic superstar who ruled the worlds of vaudeville, Broadway, radio, television, and Hollywood throughout the 20th century. Before Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Bette Midler, Marilyn Monroe, and Mae West, Sophie Tucker was the first woman to infatuate her audiences with a bold, bawdy and brassy style unlike any other. Using all of "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas" 400-plus recently rediscovered personal scrapbooks, authors Susan and Lloyd Ecker take you on their seven-year journey retracing Tucker's sixty-year career in show business.

Q&A with filmmakers Sue and Lloyd Ecker.

HONORING KIM CAVALLO AND MICHELE KAUFMAN, THE FESTIVAL FOUNDING CO-CHAIRS for their commitment to preserving Jewish culture.

Sponsored by Annette and Robert Lichtenstein.
Co-Sponsored by Temple of the Arts.