Take It from the Big Mouth: The Life of Martha Raye (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813121109)

" ""She was one of the world's four best comediennes,"" said Milton Berle, ""but she lived a life of personal disaster."" Martha Raye sang, danced, and joked her way into the spotlight of the entertainment world with a career that spanned seven decades and encompassed everything from vaudeville to television commercials to entertaining U.S. troops. Take It from the Big Mouth, the first full-fledged biography of the multi-talented performer, explores Raye's life and career with candor and insigh

Author: Jean Maddern Pitrone
ISBN-10: 0813121108
ISBN-13: 9780813121109
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 04/08/1999
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.22w x 0.88d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/08/1999 pg. 201
Library Journal 03/01/1999 pg. 86
Booklist 04/01/1999 pg. 1376
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/1999 pg. 517
New York Times 08/08/1999 pg. 16