Frankie Baker Sitting in a Chair

(Original Caption) Frankie Baker, once the dusky queen of St. Louis night life, recently instituted a $100,000 damage suit against Mae West, film star, for incidents in the picture, She Done Him Wrong allegedly based on her life. The song, Frankie and Johnnie she admits was based on an affair she has with Albert Britt, her colored dandy sweetheart, which terminated with his death at her hands. She was acquitted; the crime being adjudged justifiable homicide. She is pictured in her home on Clackamas Street, St. Louis.
(Original Caption) Frankie Baker, once the dusky queen of St. Louis night life, recently instituted a $100,000 damage suit against Mae West, film star, for incidents in the picture, She Done Him Wrong allegedly based on her life. The song, Frankie and Johnnie she admits was based on an affair she has with Albert Britt, her colored dandy sweetheart, which terminated with his death at her hands. She was acquitted; the crime being adjudged justifiable homicide. She is pictured in her home on Clackamas Street, St. Louis.
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28 January, 1935
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