Silver Dollar Tabor was a rising movie starlet in 1920s Chicago …
but beneath the glitz and glamour, a darkness brewed. Haunted by a traumatic past and dangerous alter ego, she disappeared into the city's smoky speakeasies, where she captivated audiences with her daring tiger tamer act and embraced the seductive world of burlesque. Years later, her infamous mother, Baby Doe Tabor, embarks on a relentless search for answers, uncovering a shocking truth that threatens her own mining comeback. Based on a true story, this tale explores the dark side of ambition and the enduring strength of family.
Writing GOLD DIGGER, The Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor, I discovered letters her daughter, Silver Dollar, wrote under a dozen pseudonyms. A movie starlet in 1920s Chicago, she was supposedly scalded to death, but Baby Doe insisted her daughter was in a convent. Gossip raged about a fractured identity, daring burlesque acts, and scandalous involvement with the city's underbelly. Rosenberg tells the lost story of raw talent and ambition, legacy and redemption.
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