Stealing the show : African American performers and audiences in 1930s Hollywood /

"Stealing the Show is a study of African American actors in Hollywood during the 1930s, a decade that saw the consolidation of stardom as a potent cultural and industrial force. Petty focuses on five performers whose Hollywood film careers flourished during this period--Louise Beavers, Fredi Wa...

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Main Author: Petty, Miriam J., (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
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505 0 |a Introduction : stealing the show ... or the shoat? -- Hattie McDaniel : "landmark of an era" -- Bill Robinson and Black children's spectatorship : "every kid in colored America is his pal" -- Louise Beavrs and Fredi Washington : Delilah, Peola, and the perfect double act -- Lincoln Perry's "problematic stardom" : Stepin Fetchit steals the shoat -- Conclusion : "time now to stop, actors." 
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