Throwback Thursday and Boots Mallory
Born in 1913, Patricia Boots Mallory
grew up in Mobile, Alabama. At age twelve she played banjo in an all-girl band,
and went on to work as a dancer in vaudeville.
While working as an usher in a
movie theater she was discovered by Ziegfeld and appeared in the Ziegfeld
Follies of 1931. She went on to work in the early talkies, which followed the
silent movie era. Her films included: Walking
Down Broadway, Handle with Care
(1932), and Hello Sister! (1933) which
received negative reviews and almost ended her career. She went on to perform in
several “B” movies including The Wolf Dog
(1933), Carnival Lady (1934) and Here’s Flash Casey (1936). Her final
appearance on film was in an uncredited role in Laurel and Hardy’s Swiss Miss (1938).
She was married first at age sixteen,
and by 1932 she wed her second husband. He was actor and producer William
Cagney, brother of James. Her third marriage to Herbert Marshall in 1947 lasted
until her death.
She died of lung cancer on December 1,
1958 in Santa Monica, California. She was only 45 years old.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Dance History Secret #223:
“Boots Mallory was discovered by Ziegfeld while she
worked as an usher.”
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who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their
batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative.
For people like me, solitude is a victory.”
― Karl Lagerfeld
― Karl Lagerfeld
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