Tag: Dorothy Dandridge
October 25, 2020 /

14. “The American dream is a term that is often used but often misunderstood. It really isn’t about becoming rich and famous. It is about things much simpler and fundamental than that.” Dorothy Dandridge

At the onset of our thirties we, the former nannies, while ascending the career ladder, found our personal lives lagging. Polly found her male peers juvenile – emotionally immature and adolescent in their delight at attaining useless things. Darla made a three year, nine million dollar TV development deal and…

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January 30, 2013 /

BILL ROBINSON – STORMY WEATHER

The father of an American film dance idiom – tap: Pictured behind the scenes at 20th Century Fox on “Stormy Weather” with Fats Waller.

January 30, 2013 /

STARS WHO BECAME CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS – LENA HORNE AND KATHERINE DUNHAM

Lena Horne (1917-2010) Katherine Dunham (1909-2006)

January 30, 2013 /

LENA HORNE WAITS FOR DOROTHY DANDRIDGE

Lena Horne waits backstage at the Mayan Theater in downtown Los Angeles where Dorothy Dandridge appeared in the musical “Sweet n’ Hot” (1944)

January 30, 2013 /

LENA HORNE – STORMY WEATHER

Miss Horne shared top billing with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, here they’re pictured with Cab Calloway, who conveniently played himself: The title song by Lena Horne, and the modern dance by Katherine Dunham’s dance troupe:

January 30, 2013 /

STORMY WEATHER – 1943

First, we’ll let the poster speak for itself: