Texas Guinan: First Talker

TEXAS GUINAN made dozens of adventure pictures during the silent screen era. Most had a Western theme. Then Warner Brothers invited her back to California for a "talking picture." 
• • Uncredited cast member Mae West appeared in one scene, clad in furs and smiling, positioned next to Texas.
• • "Production to Start Soon on Texas Guinan's First Talkie" • • 
• • Production will begin next week on Texas Guinan's first talking picture, "Queen of the Night Clubs," a Vltaphone special by Warner Brothers. Miss Guinan will leave New York for Hollywood on Sunday. 
• • Source: Item (page 24) in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY); Friday, 24 August 1928 

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• • The legal battles fought by Mae West and Jim Timony are dramatized in the play "Courting Mae West: Sex, Censorship, and Secrets," set during the Prohibition Era. Texas Guinan is in some scenes, too. Watch a scene on YouTube.
• • Website for all things Mae West — http://MaeWest.blogspot.com 

• • Exciting Texas Guinan news is on the horizon. More anon.
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• • Photo: Texas Guinan • • in 1929 • •
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