Failed Restaurant Copper Cart Copper Cart was known as a favorite eatery and known for it's prime rib. "Denison was a con-artist who wanted to live off her earnings and have her provide financially for his sinking restaurant businesses. He put a good front, but on their wedding night he was broke." ~ Earl Mills , Dottie's Manager When they wed, Dorothy was earning about $250,000 a year. Denison was persuasive enough to get his wife to make a series of bad decisions. Pouring money into his failed restaurants and even sang regularly at his "third-rate" club, a move she knew would drastically reduce her standing in the show business world. But she did it anyway. Then, again, heartache entered the picture. When Dandridge's bank account had been milked dry, the marriage ended. ~ Geri Branton , Dottie's Best Friend The Womanizer Slick and Petty Denison with Beautiful Dorothy Friends of Dorot
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