Sophie Tucker (1934)

Good film with singer / comedienne Sophie Tucker in Brentford, Greater London. Full titles read: “An unconventional picture of SOPHIE TUCKER - the one and only ’Red Hot Momma !“ Intertitle reads: “Hold tight - we’re taking you over to Sinclair’, Brentford, to board “Sophie’s“ mobile cruising yacht.“ M/S’s of several men helping Sophie Tucker to load up her new yacht. Sophie carries a small barrel down inside the boat. L/S of two women watching with interest from the roof of a small narrow boat. M/S’s of Sophie being told the layout of her boat, to which she replies “beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.“ L/S’s and M/S’s of Sophie relaxing in a deck chair on the roof of her boat. Sophie attempts to light a cigarette several times as she asked question by a man off screen. The man says to her “we’ll need to put some powerful diesel engines in.“ to which she replies laughing “What’s a diesel engine ?“ She then goes on to claim that she will race in the America’s Cup “I’ll do everything with my boat“, she
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