Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical film starring Sophie Tucker in her film debut. The film was a flop when released and is now lost, although the Vitaphone soundtrack for the film and for the trailer still exists. Tucker sings a number of songs in the movie, including her theme song "Some of These Days", and "I'm the Last of the Red Hot Mamas", from which she took her billing as "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas". Plot Sophie Tucker plays Sophie Leonard, a singer in a nightclub who at great sacrifice sends her daughter Beth (Lila Lee) to Europe to be educated, keeping her work as an entertainer a secret from her. When the grown-up, expensively educated Beth returns to America, she is shocked to discover her mother's true profession and disowns her, breaking Sophie's heart. Cast Sophie Tucker as Sophie Leonard Lila Lee as Beth, Sophie daughter Wilbur Mack as Stuttering valet Audrey Ferris as Jean Gilmore Tom Keene as Freddie Gilmore Mahlon Hamilton as Jim Blaken John T. Murray as Cafe manager Reception According to Warner Bros the film earned $448,000 domestically and $202,000 foreign.