The Wreck of the Hesperus Felicia Hemans rather than to Longfellow). Additionally, in Kevin Sullivan's 1985 film of "Anne of Green Gables", a character recites "The Wreck of the Hesperus" prior to Anne's rousing rendition of "The Highwayman". "The Wreck of the Hesperus" is also mentioned in the 2017 Woody Allen film "Wonder Wheel". "The Wreck of the Hesperus" is referenced in the comic song "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, performed by Groucho Marx in the movie "At the Circus" (1939); by Virginia Weidler in "The Philadelphia Story" (1940); by Robin Williams in "The Fisher King" (1991); by Kermit the
Tattooed Lady this time, continued to perform where an audience gathered. One of the last to perform, Artoria Gibbons performed well into her eighties during the 1980s not necessarily for money, but for the love of performance art. Though not as visible or discussed as often, tattooed ladies moonlighted as artists during their off seasons alongside their husbands. Many of these tattooed ladies learned the craft of professional tattooing from their significant others and paved the way for a new generation of women to secure their livings by creating feminine styles of flash in their own shops. The end of sideshows changed