More Doris Day, more Broadway biopicage, as she takes the lead role for the story of singer and “taxi dancer” (no, us neither) Ruth Etting, with James ‘for the record, I actually said “that dirty, double crossin’ rat,” you silly impressionists!’ Cagney as the seedy gangster who propelled her to stardom.
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Matt Patton
August 3, 2010 at 7:40 pm
‘Taxi Dancer’ was another term for dime-a-dance girls–the phrase came about because you could hire them like, well, a taxi.