Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan (January 12, 1884 – November 5, 1933) was a saloon keeper, actress, and entrepreneur. Texas Guinan (pre-1921 publicity photo) This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Guinan was born in Waco, Texas to Irish-Canadian Catholic immigrants Michael & Bessie Duffy Guinan. At 16, her family moved to Denver, where she was active in amateur stage productions, played the organ in church and married John Moynahan, a cartoonist for the Rocky Mountain News on December 2, 1904. According to her obituary in the RMN (11-5-1933), his career took them to Chicago, Illinois, where she studied music before divorcing him and starting her career as a professional singer. She toured regional Vaudeville with some success, but became known less for her singing than her entertaining "wild west"-related patter. Waco is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. ... Irish Canadians are Irish people or people of Irish descent living in Canada. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article: Music Meta has a page about this at: Music markup MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia The... Simon Le Bon lead singer of Duran Duran in concert, 2003. ... Vaudeville was a style of multi-act theater which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... Great Basin region, typical American West The Western United States has played a significant role in history and fiction. ... Patter is a glib rapid speech, that accompanies and comments some actions, e. ...

In 1906 she moved to New York City, where she found work as a chorus girl before making a career for herself in national Vaudeville and in New York theater productions. 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the worlds major global cities (along with London, Tokyo and Paris) with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges. ...

In 1917 "Texas" Guinan made her film début in the silent movie The Wildcat. She became the United States' first movie cowgirl, nicknamed "The Queen of the West." In addition to her film career, she also had a sojourn in France, entertaining the troops during World War I. 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... Silent Movie is a 1976 comedy film directed by and starring Mel Brooks. ... Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... Cowgirl refers to a female cowhand. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas. ...

Upon the introduction of Prohibition, she opened a speakeasy in New York City called the "300 Club", at 151 W. 54th Street. The club became famous for its troupe of 40 scantily clad fan dancers, and also for Ms. Guinan's own personality. Her aplomb made her a celebrity; arrested several times for serving alcohol and providing entertainment, she would always claim that the patrons had brought the liquor in with them, and that the club was so small that the girls had to dance so close to the customers. She steadfastly claimed that she had never sold an alcoholic drink in her life. At this favorite hangout of the city’s wealthy elite, George Gershwin often played impromptu piano for wealthy guests such as Reggie Vanderbilt, Harry Payne Whitney, or Walter Chrysler, and celebrities Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Pola Negri, Jeanne Eagels, John Gilbert, and Rudolph Valentino, as well as socialites like Gloria Morgan and her sister Thelma, Vicountess Furness. Texas Guinan capitalized on her notoriety, earning $700,000 in ten months in 1926 while her clubs were routinely being raided. The examples and perspective in this article do not represent a worldwide view. ... A speakeasy was an establishment that was used for selling and drinking alcoholic beverages during the period of U.S. history known as Prohibition, when selling or buying alcohol was illegal. ... In general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-ghawl الغول) refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, and often to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). ... George Gershwin photograph by Edward Steichen in 1927. ... Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt (1880 – September 4, 1925) was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. ... Harry Payne Whitney was a businessman, horsebreeder and the husband of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. ... Cover of Time Magazine (April 20, 1925) Walter Percy Chrysler (April 2, 1875 – August 18, 1940) was an American automobile pioneer. ... Peggy Hopkins Joyce was an American actress and celebrity, famed as much for her several marriages, colorful divorces, scandalous affairs, and generally lavish lifestyle as for her work on stage or screen. ... Pola Negri (December 31, 1894 – August 1, 1987) was a Polish film actress who achieved notoriety as a femme fatale in silent films. ... Jeanne Eagels (born June 26, 1890; died October 3, 1929) was an actress on Broadway and in several motion pictures. ... John Gilbert may refer to several people: John Gilbert (actor) John Gilbert (naturalist) John Gilbert (painter) John William Gilbert (British, Labour Party politician) John Gilbert (Canadian politician) (NDP) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Rudolph Valentino Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... Gloria Vanderbilt, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1958. ... Thelma Morgan (August 23, 1904 - January 29, 1970) was an American socialite best known as Viscountess Furness, the mistress who preceded Wallis Simpson in the affections of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Ms. Guinan is credited with coining a number of phrases. "Butter and egg men" referred to her well-off patrons, and she often demanded that the audience "give the little ladies a great big hand". She traditionally greeted her patrons with "Hello, suckers!".

Guinan returned to the screen with two sound pictures, playing slightly fictionalized versions of herself as a speakeasy proprietress in "Queen of the Night Clubs" in 1929 and "Broadway Through a Keyhole" in 1933, shortly before her death. A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

During the Great Depression which cost her a lot of her fortune, Ms. Guinan took her show on the road. She made a sally towards Europe, but her reputation preceded her, and she was denied entry at every European sea port at which she tried to disembark. She turned this to her advantage by launching a satirical revue entitled Too Hot For Paris. The Great Depression was a massive global economic recession (or depression) that ran from 1929 to approximately 1939. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, covering around 10,790,000 km² (4,170,000 sq mi) or 2. ... Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ...

While on the road, she contracted amoebic dysentery in Vancouver, British Columbia and died there on November 5, 1933 apparently at age 49, exactly one month before Prohibition was repealed. She is interred in the Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York. Amoebic Dysentery is a goregrind band from Atlanta, Georgia, specially, East Cobb County. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Calvary Cemetery is located in Woodside, Queens County, New York, and is a very popular eternal dwelling place for mobsters and politicians. ...

She was portrayed in a number of movies, including Splendor in the Grass (1961). The number "All That Jazz" in the musical Chicago is thought to pay homage to her. Splendor in the Grass is a 1961 film which tells the story of a girl in a small town in Kansas in 1928 who expresses her moral principles by refusing to give in to her boyfriends demands for sex. ... Chicago is a musical, first performed in 1975, based on the play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins. ...

The bartender Guinan on Star Trek: The Next Generation was named for Texas Guinan. Guinan is a character in the Star Trek universe played by Whoopi Goldberg. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ...

Also, in the 1939 film The Roaring Twenties directed by Raoul Walsh and Anatole Litvak, the character played by Gladys George is clearly based on Texas Guinan. In the film, she goes by the name of 'Panama Smith.' The James Cagney character is rather loosely based on Texas Guinan's partner, Larry Fay. The Roaring Twenties is a 1939 crime thriller starring James Cagney, Priscilla Lane & Humphrey Bogart. ... Raoul Walsh (11 March 1887 – 31 December 1980) was an American film director. ... Gladys George (September 13, 1900 - December 8, 1954) was an American actress. ... Jimmy Cagney was part of the Legends of Hollywood USPS stamp series. ...

Reference

• Louise Berliner, Texas Guinan: Queen of the Nightclubs.

External link

• Texas Guinan (Handbook of Texas Online)