The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas documents in rousing song and dance a new Texas Legend, which now joins the Alamo as an historical institution immortalized in story, song, book, play and movie. The demise of the real-life Chicken Ranch inspired the musical stage play, and now the big screen version stars Burt Reynolds as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd and Dolly Parton as the Chicken Ranch's proprietress, Miss Mona. The two join together not only in romance, but to fight big city TV crusader Melvin P. Thorpe (Dom DeLuise) in his efforts to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal, and thus close it... [Read More]
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Coal Miner’s Daughter: Starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones, this tale of a rousing love affair and a woman's triumph in making her name in the world is the amazing true story country singer Loretta Lynn. Smokey and the Bandit: Tear up the highway with the Bandit (Burt Reynolds), a fun-loving trucker who takes on a runaway bride (Sally Field) and his craziest haul yet all with Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) hot on his trail. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Join stars Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton in rousing song and dance as they attempt to save the legendary Chicken R... [Read More]
One of America's most beloved sportscasters turns the spotlight on his own life, chronicling his incredible life covering Southeastern Conference football and some of the most iconic moments in sports history over the last five decadesVerne Lundquist's remarkable broadcasting career has placed him at the center of major sporting events in America for more than fifty years, from Jack Nicklaus's final victory at the 1986 Masters to Tonya Harding's attack on Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 Olympics to the Auburn-Alabama shocker of 2013. In his first memoir, he replays highlights from his career, takin... [Read More]
Musical Book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson. Music and Lyrics by Carol Hall. Characters: 13 male, 14 female, extras. Unit set This happy go lucky view of small town vice and statewide political side stepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the better pleasure palaces in all of Texas. Governors, senators, mayors and even victorious college football teams frequent Miss Mona's cozy bordello until that puritan neme
“[An] action-packed history of the brothel that inspired the Broadway play and film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and the ZZ Top hit ‘La Grange’” (The New York Post). Thanks to its status as a pop culture icon, many people think they know the story of the infamous Chicken Ranch. The real story of this Texas brothel is more complex, lying somewhere between heartbreaking and absurd. For more than a century, dirt farmers and cigar-smoking politicians alike rubbed shoulders at the Chicken Ranch, operated openly under the sheriff’s watchful eye. Madam Edna Milton and her girls... [Read More]
This original vintage photograph is from one of various news service and newspaper photo archives from locations around the country including: Boston, Detroit, Tampa, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, New Orleans, Milwaukee, Portland, Spokane, and more. I do not copy or reproduce any photographs -- every item is a unique vintage piece that was housed in a news archive. All of my photos are in used condition and none have been officially rated. The best indication of condition is the scans you see on the listing which are scans of the individual photo being sold and not a stock image. Please study the ... [Read More]
This original vintage photograph is from one of various news service and newspaper photo archives from locations around the country including: Boston, Detroit, Tampa, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, New Orleans, Milwaukee, Portland, Spokane, and more. I do not copy or reproduce any photographs -- every item is a unique vintage piece that was housed in a news archive. All of my photos are in used condition and none have been officially rated. The best indication of condition is the scans you see on the listing which are scans of the individual photo being sold and not a stock image. Please study the ... [Read More]
This is an original press photo. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. - Play- "Best Little Whorehouse" Melvin P. Thorpe (Patrick Hamilton), left, the cartoonish character based on Marvin Zindler, and Edsel Mackey (Carter Smith) in Theater Under The Stars' revival of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Photo measures 8 x 10.25inches. Photo is dated 05-11-1990.
“The Chicken Ranch was the one, great festering, frustrating sore on the face of law enforcement in Texas.”The year was 1973. The State of Texas had just elected a new reform-minded governor and attorney general.
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