Bright boulevards, bold dreams: the story of Black Hollywood
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New York : One World Ballantine Books, 2005.
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xiv, 411 pages : ill., fascims., ports. ; 25 cm.
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In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells–for the first time–the story of a place both mythic and real: Black Hollywood. Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them.
Through interviews and the personal recollections of Hollywood luminaries, Bogle pieces together a remarkable history that remains largely obscure to this day. We discover that Black Hollywood was a place distinct from the studio-system-dominated Tinseltown–a world unto itself, with unique rules and social hierarchy. It had its own talent scouts and media, its own watering holes, elegant hotels, and fashionable nightspots, and of course its own glamorous and brilliant personalities.
Along with famous actors including Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Hattie McDaniel (whose home was among Hollywood’s most exquisite), and, later, the stunningly beautiful Lena Horne and the fabulously gifted Sammy Davis, Jr., we meet the likes of heartthrob James Edwards, whose promising career was derailed by whispers of an affair with Lana Turner, and the mysterious Madame Sul-Te-Wan, who shared a close lifelong friendship with pioneering director D. W. Griffith. But Bogle also looks at other members of the black community–from the white stars’ black servants, who had their own money and prestige, to gossip columnists, hairstylists, and architects–and at the world that grew up around them along Central Avenue, the Harlem of the West.
In the tradition of Hortense Powdermaker’s classic Hollywood: The Dream Factory and Neal Gabler’s An Empire of Their Own, in Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle re-creates a vanished world that left an indelible mark on Hollywood–and on all of America.
Through interviews and the personal recollections of Hollywood luminaries, Bogle pieces together a remarkable history that remains largely obscure to this day. We discover that Black Hollywood was a place distinct from the studio-system-dominated Tinseltown–a world unto itself, with unique rules and social hierarchy. It had its own talent scouts and media, its own watering holes, elegant hotels, and fashionable nightspots, and of course its own glamorous and brilliant personalities.
Along with famous actors including Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Hattie McDaniel (whose home was among Hollywood’s most exquisite), and, later, the stunningly beautiful Lena Horne and the fabulously gifted Sammy Davis, Jr., we meet the likes of heartthrob James Edwards, whose promising career was derailed by whispers of an affair with Lana Turner, and the mysterious Madame Sul-Te-Wan, who shared a close lifelong friendship with pioneering director D. W. Griffith. But Bogle also looks at other members of the black community–from the white stars’ black servants, who had their own money and prestige, to gossip columnists, hairstylists, and architects–and at the world that grew up around them along Central Avenue, the Harlem of the West.
In the tradition of Hortense Powdermaker’s classic Hollywood: The Dream Factory and Neal Gabler’s An Empire of Their Own, in Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle re-creates a vanished world that left an indelible mark on Hollywood–and on all of America.
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791.43028 B675 2005
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LC Subjects
African American motion picture actors and actresses -- Biography.
African Americans in motion pictures.
African Americans in the performing arts.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History.
Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History and criticism.
Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- Racism.
African Americans in motion pictures.
African Americans in the performing arts.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History.
Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History and criticism.
Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- Racism.
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Book
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1st ed.
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English
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0345454189 :
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-386) and index.
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Bogle, D. (2005). Bright boulevards, bold dreams: the story of Black Hollywood. New York, One World Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Bogle, Donald. 2005. Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood. New York, One World Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Bogle, Donald, Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood. New York, One World Ballantine Books, 2005.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bogle, Donald. Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood. New York, One World Ballantine Books, 2005.
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