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Author
Series
Legendary jazz vocalists volume 9
Publisher
Jazz Legends
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Just before the opening of his new Broadway show, famed actor Paul Orman is fitted with a new formal tail coat by his tailor. The tailor nervously admits that the coat was cursed by a dismissed cutter, who swore that it would bring misfortune to anyone who wore it, but Orman does not care. After a well-received performance, Orman instructs his valet, Luther, to drive him to the country estate of Ethel Halloway. Ethel was once Orman's paramour, but...
6) Cairo
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. But when in World War II-era Cairo, do as the spies do. Into that teeming viper's nest stumbles affable American Homer Smith, a reporter who aims to get the story, get it right and, above all, get it first. Trouble is, some folks are out to get Homer first.
10) Cabin in the sky
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Musical legends in this musical fantasy as temptation pulls a man toward Satan and his loving and God-fearing wife fights for his eternal soul. Seriously injured in a barroom brawl, Little Joe Jackson hovers between life and death, dreaming that he is the centerpiece of an epic struggle between Heaven and Hell for his soul: On his side are the prayers of his loyal, pious wife, Petunia battling on the side of darkness is Lucifer Jr. and his most powerful...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the author of the bestselling Dorothy Dandridge comes a dazzling look at one of America's brightest and most troubled theatrical stars.
Almost no other star of the twentieth century reimagined herself with such audacity and durable talent as did Ethel Waters. In this enlightening and engaging biography, Donald Bogle resurrects this astonishing woman from the annals of history, shedding new light on the tumultuous twists and turns of her seven-decade...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness excavates the hidden sexualities of Black female entertainers who reigned over the nascent blues recording industry of the 1920s. Unlike the male-dominated jazz scene, early blues provided a space for women to take the lead and model an autonomy that was remarkable for women of any color or sexual orientation. The fact that some of these women, still famous 90 years later, successfully conducted same-sex relations with friends...
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