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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]
Subjects and Genres:
1900-1999
African American motion picture actors and actresses > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
African Americans in motion pictures.
Noirs américains au cinéma.
African American motion picture actors and actresses.
African American motion picture actors and actresses > History.
California > Los Angeles.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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