Florence Foster Jenkins

[danmand]

Go and see the movies. It is a lovely movie.

 

[Insidious Von]

The character Emily Kane in Citizen Kane is partially based on Florence Foster Jenkins. She was a lame opera singer that John Foster Kane was determined to make good.

 

[danmand]

The character Emily Kane in Citizen Kane is partially based on Florence Foster Jenkins. She was a lame opera singer that John Foster Kane was determined to make good.

I did not know that.

I remember the recordings of Florence Foster Jenkins from when I was a student in Copenhagen. There was a late night radio show that often played her, Spike Jones, Tom Lehrer and other cult classics.