Out of a perambulating nightclub, an Irish wit, a knack for always landing on her feet and a genius for finding words to throw into any void, Texas Guinan of New York has emerged as a nationally known trademark for indoor fun after midnight. Her battle-word is "Curfew shall not ring tonight" and her current night-club draws to its Musical Mornings those who know they're wise and those who are willing to get wise; the very young and the very middle aged. With the technique of a circus "spieler," Miss Guinan makes her revival meetings a melting pot for Broadway and the Farm Belt. She sits atop the piano in a kind of savage Parcae glory, maintaining an unending and genuinely funny running comment, keeping everything going at one and the same time – and somehow actually rejuvenating the weary formula that all the world loves a butter-and-egg man. This Circe remains the eternal, hopping, screaming, tireless Life of the Party, every night from eleven to seven.

Links for further research (opens new window):

Here is a link to Texas's Grave Site.

The old Club Intime still exists in a new incaration as Flute.

The "Handbook of Texas" (the state) has a page on Texas (the woman).

The initial information about Courtney Love playing Texas is here.

But now the film is in Madonna's filmography.

Links to Books at Barnes and Noble:

Here is the only in print bio: Hello, Sucker!: The Story of Texas Guinan

Links to Videos For Sale:

Grapevine Video is a specialty silent video producer with a reasonably priced collection. I am not connected to them other than as a customer. They are the only place I have found that carries a couple of Texas Guinan features (in their "Western Heroines" collection).

Splendor in the Grass. This is the film where Phyllis Dillar plays Texas Guinan.

  Lady for a Day, directed by Frank Capra, features Glenda Farrell in the Guinan role.

Betty Hutton also played silent star Pearl White in Perils of Pauline.

Link to the Goldigger of 1929: