A fascinating profile of Margaret "Molly" Brown that seeks to dispel the inaccurate view of her as an ign'ant, singin', dancin' hillbilly tomboy golddigger saloon girl propagated by fictionalized trash media such as the Debbie Reynolds film that bore her name, sort of, as she'd never gone by "Molly," to begin with, but the songwriter found it easier to work with.
In real life, Brown was committed to social causes that helped the disabled, women, Blacks, and, especially, working people. It's fortunate for Helen Deutsch (screenplay)/Richard Morris (book) and Meredith Willson (score) that Margaret Brown died 30 years before they defamed her, as she could and, ideally, would have brought the wrath of God down on their heads.
















