Born on 12 January 1884 in Waco, Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan played a gun-slinger and rode bareback in silent films, took New York by storm in 1906, and earned a salary of $700,000 as a speakeasy hostess. Here are highlights from a life led at full speed until 5 November 1933. Meet TEXAS GUINAN!

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Texas Guinan: Licensing Fees

"In the Footsteps of Texas Guinan" is a documentary film, now in production, about (who else?) TEXAS GUINAN.
• • As documentary filmmakers try to bring a topic to the screen, some of the challenges involve all those licensing fees. What brings a story alive is the rare archival footage as well as those "rights managed" photos (from Getty Images, Bettman Archive, etc.) and, yes, predictably that means paying a full licensing fee. Warner Brothers, for instance, is not about to let us use vintage Texas Guinan film footage for free.

• • Other expenses include traveling to interview people, paying the camera crew (boom operators, lighting staff, etc.), music rights, editing the footage, and more.

• • Thank you to all the wonderful individuals who have already contributed.
• • We're hoping to reach more people before June 16th. Please share this message.
• • During the 1920s, night club was always two words as in "Queen of the Night Clubs."
• • There's more to the story so come back to see us and please support our campaign. Thank you.
• • Visit "In the Footsteps of Texas Guinan"

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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
• • a friend of hers • •

Texas Guinan.

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