Sugarchurch's Outside Talker
the Tumblr of a fictional character. Sugarchurch is the Barker or "Outside Talker" in the play Left-Handed Darling
This blog by mikl-em (I played Sugarchurch) features Stuff about carnival sideshows, the 1800's to 1930’s, Vaudeville, clowns, freaks, silent film, or whatever else seems to fit.
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Photoset reblogged from The Daily Excess
Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant on the set of “Bringing Up Baby” (1938). via halcyoniftedious
Bringing Up Baby (1938) is an American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, and released by RKO Radio Pictures.[1][2]
(Source: therichandmighty)
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Photo reblogged from sloth unleashed
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Photo reblogged from Maudelynn's Menagerie
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Photoset reblogged from OMG that dress!
Dress With Changeable Trains
1904
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Photo reblogged from Umbrellas for D
Showgirl at Les Folies Bergere. Photo by Edouard Boubat, 1960 via hollyhocksandtulips
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Photo reblogged from simple dreams...
Barbara Mullen in Vogue (1953). More on her below. not an umbrella. that’s a reference to another tumblr of mine: “Umbrelllas for D” aka brellaum. Anything that’s *not* an umbrella gets that tag & comment. Those are the exception, it’s mostly umbrellas you see. Because D loves umbrellas, and I love D!
Image above via hollyhocksandtulips: a consistently awesome blog, tip of the hat!
Now some amazing more about Barbara…
Mullen’s parents, Pat and Bridget, were from a fishing family on Inishmore island off the coast of Co. Clare, Ireland. The family had emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, where Mullen was born. She made her stage debut at the age of three as a dancer. When her father returned to Aran, becoming famous as the ‘Man of Aran’, in the classic documentary film by Robert Flaherty, her mother stayed in America to bring up the ten children. Mullen sang and danced in various theatres all over America, before crossing the Atlantic in 1934 and training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
At the age of 24, she wrote her autobiography, Life is my Adventure. A year later she made her London debut, acting the title role in the London West End production of Jeannie, a comedy about a Scottish girl taking a European holiday after coming into money. She became an overnight star.
Can we all give a round of applause to someone who writes her autobiography at 24, and then goes on to get crazy famous just after. Incredible story, gotta love it.
