Duncan Sisters

THE DUNCAN SISTERS. Rosetta d1959 and Vivian d1986 were an American vaudeville duo who became popular in the 1920s with their act "Topsy and Eva". In 1929 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released their early sound musical The Broadway Melody (starring Bessie Love and Anita Page) as the fictional Mahoney sisters. The film proved to be highly successful so MGM decided to follow it up with a similar film, this time starring the real-life Duncan Sisters in the leads. The result was It's a Great Life (MGM, 1929), directed by Sam Wood and featuring three sequences filmed in Technicolor. In the film the Duncan Sisters performed two of their most popular songs, "I'm Following You" and "Hoosier Hop." Their act ended in 1959 when Rosetta died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident where she apparently fell asleep at the wheel while returning from a performance engagement in Illinois