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Toots
Wednesday, March 21, 6:30 pm at MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY/MOHAI
Director(s): Kristi Jacobson
Country: United States
Year: 2006
Length: 85 MINUTES
Format: Beta
Language: English
Special Guest(s) Information: Gina Funes and Doug Glant
Seattle Premiere
Showing with Cantor on Trial (archival Yiddish short)
Father, brother, gambler, bum. Toots Shor was the towering personality behind the legendary New York City saloon bearing his name. From the 1940s and well into the 1960s, everyone who was anyone in New York City—athletes, journalists, crooners and movie stars—mixed with ordinary folk in this legendary nightspot. Directed by his granddaughter, Toots is a provocative, loving and unmistakably authentic portrait of this unapologetic self-made man, featuring interviews with Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace, Frank Gifford and Yogi Berra, among others who called Toots "friend."
Washington State Jewish Historical Society invites you to join them for a post-film lecture and reception (no-host refreshments) upstairs in MOHAI — McCurdy Gallery after the film. Seattle natives Gina Funes and Doug Glant will "reminisce" about their experiences as entertainers in Seattle during the Toots era.
PRINT SOURCE: Menemsha Films
WEBSITE: http://www.menemshafilms.com
ADDRESS:
213 Rose Avenue, 2nd FloorVenice, 90291, CA, USA
PHONE: 310.452.1775
FAX: 310.452.3740
CONTACT:
Neil Friedman, neilf@menemshafilms.comFILMS: Toots, The Rape of Europa
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Sponsored by Film and Reception Sponsored by Washington State Jewish Historical Society, who invite you to join them for a no-host reception and lecture upstairs in MOHAI's McCurdy Gallery after the film. No-host reception is a time for Seattle nat
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