brown sugar ( 1922 film )
da fo de tong kong (the eyes of buddha), a 1922 film that starred liu xiyang, the country' s first film actor .
at the heart of the american sugar industry was the domino sugar company. founded during the height of the industrial revolution, in 1807, the company was created by william and frederick hevemeyer in the city of new york. the company led industry efforts to gain control of brown sugar production and to restrict price competition in the sugar industry. one of the primary tools used was to mount a smear campaign to denigrate brown sugar, whose refining it did not completely control. by blowing up photographs (taken through microscopes) of grotesque but harmless microbes found in brown sugar, reproducing and then distributing them with warning of the supposed dangers of eating brown sugar, the company convinced the american public that brown sugar was of an inferior quality than white refined sugar. 6
bogle, donald. brown sugar: eighty years of america' s black female superstars. new york: harmony books, 1980 .
the story of brown sugar begins, unsurprisingly, with the story of sugar. sugars are natural ingredients found in most plants but what we have come to known as sugar is often extracted from sugarcane and sugar beets. sugar cane, from the genus saccharum, was originally cultivated in tropical climates in south and southeast asia. 1 neither should it be a surprise that the road from brown sugar to white sugar looks very much like the roads taken to get to white bread, white flour, and white cotton. all have similar histories where the unnatural but white version is preferred or is seen as a higher quality than the browner, natural varieties. 2
the orris d. brown collection, no. 4 - the great houston flood of 1935
sticky and compact, i remember struggling to handle this strange sugar during family barbeques as we seasoned our meat. as i thought about it, i realized besides an occasional pineapple upside down cake, outside of barbeque, i couldn’t recall ever having used brown sugar. why was that, i asked ?
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). in 1936, brown filed for a u. s. patent for a moving picture machine through which to view films. he moved into professional filmmaking as an employee of empire and superior studios in the 1940s and 50s to film full - length pictures. orris d. brown was a shriner and a free mason. he passed away in 1965 .
mintz, sidney w. sweetness and power: the place of sugar in modern history. (new york: penguin, 1985), 285 .
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eichner, alfred s. the emergence of oligopoly: sugar refining as a case study. (baltimore: johns hopkins, 1969), 68 - 69 .
two eggs well beaten, one - cup brown sugar, two teaspoons ginger, one - cup n. o. molasses (boiled), one - teaspoon baking soda, flour to roll out. mix in the order given. i poured the molasses into a pot and watched small bubbles form and subsequently burst as the dark liquid began to heat. as the molasses boiled on the stove, i started mixing the ingredients in the order specified in the recipe. after the eggs had been beaten furiously with my new silver whisk, i began to measure the brown sugar for what i hoped would be a delicious dessert .
kiple, kenneth f. , and kriemhild coneè ornelas. “sugar. ” the cambridge world history of food. (cambridge: cambridge up, 2000), 284 .
orris dorr brown was born in 1890 in henderson, texas. he married edna myra webb in 1923, and together they traveled domestically and abroad teaching cake decorating techniques using edible sugar. brown became interested in filmmaking in the early 1930s and began filming scenery and sites as he traveled. texas became the focus of many of his films, and he traveled extensively throughout the state to document historical figures and locations, most notably scenes of uncle jeff hamilton, sam houston' s personal slave (
megan parisi, head brewer at sam adams nano brewery in boston, hadn' t heard of the 1922 silent film blood and sand, starring early 20th - century heartthrob valentino, but she was a fan of the cocktail that bears the movie' s name: a blend of scotch, vermouth, cherry heering liqueur and a touch of blood orange juice .
starting with the sweet and tart flavor profile of the tamarind, the distillers packed as much of the fruit as they could into neutral grain spirits, then added lemon zest and brown sugar to bring out some of the tangy, nutty tones already found in the tamarind .
we wanted to be really true to the flavor ,
says oakes .
knight, arthur. disintegrating the musical: black performance and american musical film, duke university press (2002), pp. 72–76 .
mcdaniel' s first marriage ended brutally in 1922, when her husband of three months, george langford, was reportedly killed by gunfire. her career was much better, including a first radio performance in 1925 on denver' s koa station. mcdaniel was one of the first black women to be heard on american radio .
according to the fiaf database, the bfi / national film and television archive (london) has material on this title. no format is specified. ~ roger
came up i guess i will go forward. one british director i have been interested in is walter summers, just based on what an excellent film i feel
here' s everything that came up in fiaf (which doesn' t really cover anything past 1931) for walter summers. no indication is made as to available formats or completeness for these titles. 1. battles of coronel and falkland islands, the summers, walter united kingdom 1928 bfi / national film and television archive (london) [ gbb ] 2. battles of coronel and falkland islands, the (trailer) summers, walter 1928 national film and sound archive, australia (canberra) [ auc ] 3. bolibar summers, walter united kingdom 1928 bfi / national film and television archive (london) [ gbb ] 4. flying fool, the summers, walter united kingdom 1931 bfi / national film and television archive (london) [ gbb ] 5. maisie' s marriage butler, alexander united kingdom 1923 bfi / national film and television archive (london) [ gbb ] 6. men like these summers, walter united kingdom 1931 bfi / national film and television archive (london) [ gbb ] 7. mons summers, walter united kingdom 1926 bfi / national film and television archive (london) [ gbb ] 8. nelson summers, walter united kingdom 1926 bfi / national film and television archive (london) [ gbb ] 9. raise the roof summers, walter united kingdom 1930 bfi / national film and television archive (london) [ gbb ] 10. she de cordova, leander united kingdom 1925 cinémathèque royale (bruxelles) [ beb ] 11. ypres summers, walter united kingdom 1925 bfi / national film and television archive (london) [ gbb ] ~ roger
a lord marries an actress and she takes the blame for gambling brother. [ sourced from the british film catalogue: volume 1: denis gifford: 3rd edition ]
in 1936. he sang a number of duets with jolson, and the film included calloway' s band and cast of 22 cotton club dancers from new york .
three hundred years after being introduced to europeans by christopher columbus in 1492, 3 by the 19th century, sugar was considered a necessity. 4 this evolution of taste and demand for sugar had major economic and social implications for the entire world. as a result of this demand, tropical islands were colonized and sugarcane plantations began ‘cropping up’ in record numbers. consequently, the demand for cheap labor to assist in the labor - intensive cultivation and processing of sugarcane contributed greatly to the transatlantic slave trade, which displaced many african peoples. 5
rogerskarsten wrote: according to the fiaf database, the bfi / national film and television archive (london) has material on this title. no format is specified. ~ roger
( introducing taiwan today), a documentary shot in over a hundred villages and meant to showcase japan’s civilizing influence on taiwan. the first taiwanese feature film was tanaka king' s
n 1963, the central motion picture corporation introduced the
health realism
genre, designed to promote the roc' s agenda. the last taiwanese film shot exclusively in taiwanese was in 1981 .
in 1943 calloway appeared in the high - profile 20th century fox musical film stormy weather. stormy weather was one of the first films that featured an all - star black cast. [ 14 ]
somebody asked this question on another board but didn' t receive any helpful answers. i thought it worth pursuing. nelson seems to be cedric hardwicke' s first film. any info is appreciated. thanks
curiously enough, it didn' t. i thought it was a long time since i' d had a post on silent film and poetry, did a word search or two on the handy old poetry (
if humboldt would be surprised to find his life' s work as inspiration for a cordial, then silent film star rudolph valentino might be equally unprepared to be connected with a beer — by way of a cocktail .
history did i double - back and find spadeneal reference to the hooley film among a discussion to which i' d been contributing. so purest coincidence and me being dumb. anyway, here' s the link :
( pili) began televising, a popular drama that still airs today. the puppets have grown more ornate over the years and now seem to even cry tears and cough blood. in 2000, pili made a film ,
in klein' s film, clouds of red smoke billowing behind the frozen - in - time models inspired master whisky maker bob dalgarno to choose rioja red wine casks for aging the whisky, an unusual move for the distillery, according to charles whitfield, the macallan' s manager of brand education and prestige whiskies .
this was the first time we ever used rioja casks ,
says whitfield ,
but steven' s film inspired us to innovate .
the resulting whisky — which is also peated to mimic the smokiness in the film, something not typically characteristic of the macallan' s line — has a pinkish - red hue with underlying tones of sweet berries .
calloway and his band starred in hi - de - ho (1947), an all - black full - length film directed by josh binney. caricatures of calloway appeared in the porky pig cartoons porky at the crocadero and swooner crooner .
as i turned down the heat on the molasses to allow it simmer, i carefully added ground ginger. watching the ginger disappear into the creamy brown concoction, i thought back to my ancestors. it wouldn’t surprise me if at some point in history one of them had made the same treat for her master’s children while her own children toiled in the hot sun picking cotton or harvesting sugarcane .
mcdaniel spent much of 1940 touring the country as mammy, and in the following year she appeared in three substantial film roles, earning no less than $ 31, 000 for her efforts. she was married, for a third time, to james l. crawford in 1941 .
while the beer itself has a darker tone, imparted from a cherry smoked malt, parisi didn' t want to be completely literal in her interpretation by producing a blood - red beer, instead relying on the label art of a matador zombie to provide visual references to the film .
hattie mcdaniel' s portrayal of the
mammy
figure in the film gone with the wind, for which she received an academy award for best supporting actress in 1940, is still widely seen as a role that could only have been played by her. she was the first african american to receive an oscar .
i keep rattling on about' suspense' too... .. it does creak at times, like only a 1930 sound picture can, but it does sweep you along, and it gets to you; there are stand - out performances from the cast, particularly hay petrie, and it' s the best film about the trenches of ww1 i know .
as a result of the success of
minnie the moocher
, calloway became identified with its chorus, gaining the nickname
the hi de ho man
. he also performed in the 1930s in a series of short films for paramount. (calloway' s and ellington' s groups were featured on film more than any other jazz orchestras of the era .) in these films, calloway can be seen performing a gliding backstep dance move, which some observers have described as the precursor to michael jackson' s
moonwalk
. calloway said 50 years later ,
it was called the buzz back then .
[ 8 ] the 1933 film international house featured calloway performing his classic song ,
reefer man
, a tune about a man who favors marijuana cigarettes. [ 9 ]
according to music historian arthur knight, the film aimed in part
to both erase and celebrate boundaries and differences, including most emphatically the color line .
he also notes that
when calloway begins singing in his characteristic style – in which the words are tools for exploring rhythm and stretching melody – it becomes clear that american culture is changing around jolson and with (and through) calloway
.
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collaborating with visual artist steven klein, scotch whisky company the macallan crafted a limited edition single malt as part of their
masters of photography
series, which has included photographers annie liebovitz and mario testino as contributors, among others. klein created a short film that focuses on the concept of capturing a moment in time, alluding to how integral time is to the making of whisky. think the
mannequin challenge
with an industrial - chic vibe .
in 1935 mcdaniel played
mom beck
in the little colonel. a number of african american journalists objected to hattie' s performance in the film. they charged that the character of mom beck, a happy black servant in the old south, implied that black people might have been happier as slaves than they were as free individuals. this movie marked the beginning of mcdaniel' s long feud with the more progressive elements of the african american community .
renewed interest in calloway occurred in 1980 when he appeared in the hit film the blues brothers, performing
minnie the moocher .
he also sang
the jumpin' jive
with the two - headed monster on the children' s tv series sesame street. this also was the year the cult movie forbidden zone was released, which included rearrangements of, and homages to, calloway songs written by calloway fan danny elfman, performed by elfman and his band, the mystic knights of the oingo boingo .
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from left, von humbolt' s natur wasser, named after the german explorer and naturalist; blood & sand, inspired by silent movie star rudolph valentino; and a single malt by macallan in collaboration with artist steven klein .
if you' ve never heard of alexander von humboldt, a once world - renowned prussian scientist who predicted man - made climate change in 1800 and was an adviser to president thomas jefferson, then a new hampshire distillery is aiming to change that, one glass at a time .
one of the things that really struck a chord with us was that humboldt was fascinated by nature, and we' re fascinated by it, too ,
says jamie oakes of tamworth distilling .
we' ll take a walk through a sunny pine grove and then try to figure out how we can distill those smells in liquid form .
oakes and fellow tamworth distiller matt power were particularly inspired by andrea wulf' s book, the invention of nature: alexander von humboldt' s new world, which chronicles the naturalist' s global exploration of plants, animals, geography, geology and meteorology. zeroing in on a passage detailing purchases made by humboldt from capuchin monks before he ventured onto venezuela' s rio apure, the two distillers were intrigued by the tamarind pods said to turn the brackish river water into a
refreshing lemonade .
shortly thereafter, they set about creating a tamarind cordial under the moniker of
von humboldt' s natur wasser .
most of the time, we' re limited by what we can grow here in the northeast ,
says power ,
but this concept allowed us to spread outside with a more global ingredient list .
the tamarind is pretty versatile, with some fatty, creamy qualities ,
notes power .
it plays well with rum and whisky, or in place of triple sec for a margarita .
i love scotch, and there aren' t many scotch - based cocktails ,
says parisi ,
so the blood and sand is one of my favorites. but then i got interested to learn more about the movie and how the cocktail evolved .
a melodramatic tale of a doomed adulterous bullfighter, blood and sand was reported to be valentino' s personal favorite performance, with the cocktail recipe by the same name first appearing in the 1930s savoy cocktail book, just a few years after valentino' s own untimely death. spiked with blood - red ingredients, the drink is as dramatic as its namesake .
for parisi, the trick was in translating that inspiration to a beer, which she says is not as easy as it sounds .
there' s no way to really mimic a cocktail in a beer ,
she says ,
but you can reflect the flavors and the experience .
she chose to focus on manipulating the grains at different temperatures to create more body and a higher alcohol content, which she felt would provide that scotch - like element .
you can get totally different beers just by making minor temperature changes ,
says parisi ,
so i was looking to get a little bit of smoke and lingering richness .
you can paint a flavor picture based on literature, music and movies without being too obvious ,
she says .
for instance, we did a beer based on the movie the sixth sense, and we used ghost pepper to bring just enough heat to be a little scary .
the stereotype with whisky is that it' s boring and traditional ,
says whitfield .
collaborating with an artist like this allows us to break out of that mold .
while the macallan sees their collaborations with artists like klein as a way to reach a new audience, the tamworth distillers are hopeful that their natur wasser project brings more attention to humboldt' s work .
we' re trying to do him a service by learning a bit about what was valuable to him and sharing it with other people ,
says power .
if that knowledge comes by way of a cocktail, why not ?
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thanks, roger. sounds like lord nelson is under house arrest at bfi .
really do not sound promising. but others do. the director' s name is added where summers only worked on a project as a writer, and it' s worth mentioning that he contributed to the writing on all of his own films .
a couple of qualifications; there was no company called
g. b. samuelson productions
but this is used as a blanket title as samuelson seems to have founded companies, run them a couple of years, they' d fail and he' d found another. also
is kind of a mystery as it only appears on imdb, with a truncated cast list, and is mentioned nowhere on bfi; perhaps this is an alternate title. summers seems to have been credited for the 1930 version of
based on his contribution to the original script, but probably did not have a direct hand in the later version .
naturally i would appreciate any word on the status of these pictures, whether extant, not or i got something wrong here. - - spadeneal
i pagliacci (1923, co - directed with g. b. samuelson & s. w. smith )
should a doctor tell? (1923, writer - director: alexander butler & p. j. ramster )
she (1925, writer - director: leander de cordova & g. b. samuelson) extant
should a doctor tell? (1930, writer - director: h. manning haynes )
; of the various films i read about in connection with summers that sounded very interesting. thanks to urbanora for confirming the existence of
as that also seemed like a very interesting title; i had run into a page by the british navy about films dealing with them that seemed to indicate that the title was not available. that' s also good news about mons as it appears to have been the inspiration for teresa hooley' s poem
btw you can add the mutiny of the elsinore to the list of survivors. i found that there is a public domain dvd of it available in the us as part of collection of pirate - themed movies. spadeneal
and if you follow the link to the britishpathe site via the post on mr urbanora' s bioscope blog, you can (i assume, it may be uk only) watch ypres... .
yes, as a matter of fact i did just that last night after reading the latest bioscope post. i wonder if this thread inspired that post in any way... ~ roger
) site, and found teresa hooley' s poem. only when i started pursuing the
is another survivor. that' s getting to be most of the sound films - - looks like summers is pretty well represented overall .
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the first films shown in taiwan were brought by the japanese, as early as 1901. as with japanese films, they relied on a narrator (rather than intertitles) by figures known in taiwan as benzi. the first taiwanese benzi was also a musician and composer, wang yung - feng .
( takamatsu toyojiro) began exhibiting films from europe and japan and built eight theaters. in february 1907, he filmed
) (1943), the latter depicting helpful interactions between the japanese and taiwan' s indigenous ayatal .
after the chinese civil war, many chinese filmmakers sympathetic to the nationalists came to taiwan. during this era, taiwanese language films dominated .
in 1962, seven films were shot in mandarin and 113 in taiwanese. the nationalists promoted the use of
meanwhile, martial arts films, not seen as overtly political, also grew in production numbers and popularity in a climate subject to strict moralistic censorship .
genre, which literally took martial arts to new heights (with the strings and stuff - - get it ?). the
began in the 17 th century in fujian, just across the taiwan strait. it soon spread to taiwan. traditionally the puppets had cloth costumes and wooden heads .
in part to combat the juggernaut of hong kong films, in the early 1980s the cmpc began supporting home - grown directors with highly artistic sensibilities .
( edward yang), te - chen tao, i - chen ko and yi chang. in contrast to melodramas and action films, the new wave films were grounded in more muted tones and dealt with the comparatively mundane struggles of normal people .
in 1987, after nearly forty years, taiwan’s long, brutal era of martial law and political suppression, the white terror, finally ended. the films that followed tended to be (sometimes) less somber but still grounded in the same realist tradition. without a doubt the biggest name associated with this era is 李安 (ang lee) .
after directing 1995’s british production of sense & sensibility, he set his sights on hollywood, where he went on to direct the ice storm, ride with the devil, brokeback mountain and… hulk .
, or taiwanese drama, has exploded in the wake of korean drama ’s global popularity .
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cab
calloway iii (december 25, 1907 – november 18, 1994) was an american jazz singer and bandleader. he was strongly associated with the cotton club in harlem, new york city, where he was a regular performer .
calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the united states' most popular big bands from the start of the 1930s to the late 1940s. calloway' s band featured performers including trumpeters dizzy gillespie and adolphus
doc
cheatham, saxophonists ben webster and leon
chu
berry, new orleans guitarist danny barker, and bassist milt hinton. calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86 .
calloway was born in rochester, new york, on christmas day in 1907 to an upper - middle - class family. his mother, martha eulalia reed, was a morgan state college graduate, teacher, and church organist. his father, cabell calloway, jr. , graduated from lincoln university of pennsylvania [ 1 ] in 1898, [ 2 ] and worked as a lawyer and in real estate. the family moved to baltimore, maryland, when cab was 11. [ 3 ]
calloway attended frederick douglass high school. he played basketball, at the guard position, both for the high school and for the professional baltimore athenians team. [ 4 ] he graduated in 1925. [ 3 ] [ 5 ]
in 1930 calloway took over a band called
the missourians
; later on, they renamed it
cab calloway and his orchestra
. the cotton club in new york' s harlem was the premier jazz venue in the country. in 1931 calloway and his orchestra were hired as a replacement for the duke ellington orchestra while it was touring. (calloway' s group had joined duke ellington and mills blue rhythm band as another of the jazz groups handled by irving mills. )
calloway quickly proved so popular that his band became the
co - house
band with ellington' s, and his group began touring nationwide when not playing the cotton club. their popularity was greatly enhanced by the twice - weekly live national radio broadcasts on nbc from the cotton club. calloway also appeared on walter winchell' s radio program and with bing crosby in his show at new york' s paramount theatre. as a result of these appearances, calloway, together with ellington, broke the major broadcast network color barrier .
like other bands fronted by a singing bandleader, calloway initially gave ample soloist space to its lead members and, through the varied arrangements of walter
foots
thomas, provided much more in the way of musical interest. many of his records were
vocal specialties
with calloway' s vocals taking up the majority of the record .
in 1931 calloway recorded his most famous song ,
minnie the moocher
. that song, along with
st. james infirmary blues
and
the old man of the mountain
, were performed for the betty boop animated shorts minnie the moocher (1932), snow white (1933), and the old man of the mountain (1933), respectively. through rotoscoping, calloway performed voiceover for these cartoons, but his dance steps were the basis of the characters' movements. he took advantage of this, timing concerts in some communities to coincide with the release of the films in order to make the most of the publicity .
calloway' s was one of the most popular american jazz bands of the 1930s, recording prolifically for brunswick and the arc dime store labels (banner, cameo, conqueror, perfect, melotone, banner, oriole, etc .) from 1930 to 1932, when he signed with rca victor for a year. he was back on brunswick in late 1934 through 1936, when he signed with manager irving mills' s short - lived variety in 1937. he stayed with mills when the label collapsed during the great depression. their sessions were continued on vocalion through 1939, and then okeh records through 1942. after an afm recording ban due to the 1942 - 44 musicians' strike ended, calloway continued to record prolifically .
calloway' s vocal style is a blend of hot scat singing and improvisation, coupled with a very traditional vaudeville - like singing style. many of his ballads are devoid of tone - bending jazz styling .
in 1941 calloway fired dizzy gillespie from his orchestra after an onstage fracas erupted when calloway was hit with spitballs. he wrongly accused gillespie, who stabbed calloway in the leg with a small knife. [ 13 ]
in 1944 the new cab calloway' s hepsters dictionary: language of jive was published, an update of an earlier book in which calloway set about translating jive for fans who might not know, for example, that
kicking the gong around
was a reference to smoking opium .
the band also formed its own barnstorming baseball and basketball teams during the 1930s, starring calloway, milt hinton, chu berry, benny payne and dizzy gillespie. [ 15 ] [ 16 ]
during the late 1940s, calloway lived with his wife zulme
nuffie
and family in long beach on the south shore of long island, new york on the border with neighboring lido beach. in the 1950s, calloway moved his family to westchester county, new york, where he and nuffie raised their daughters chris, cecelia (lael), and cabella calloway .
in his later career, calloway appeared in a number of films and stage productions that used both his acting and singing talents. in 1952, he played the prominent role of
sportin' life
in a production of the gershwin opera, porgy and bess, with william warfield and leontyne price as the title characters. another notable role was
yeller
in the cincinnati kid (1965), with steve mcqueen, ann - margret, and edward g. robinson .
his autobiography, of minnie the moocher and me (crowell), was published in 1976. it included his complete hepsters dictionary as an appendix .
calloway helped establish the cab calloway museum at coppin state college (baltimore, maryland) in the 1980s. comedian and actor bill cosby helped establish a scholarship in calloway' s name at the new school for social research in manhattan .
in 1985, cab and his orchestra appeared at the ritz london hotel where he was filmed for a 60 - minute bbc tv show called the cotton club comes to the ritz; adelaide hall, doc cheatham, max roach, and the nicholas brothers also appeared on the bill. [ 20 ] [ 21 ]
in 1990, he was the focus of janet jackson' s 1930s - themed music video
alright
, and he made a cameo appearance playing himself. in the united kingdom, calloway appeared in several commercials for the hula hoops snack, both as himself and as a voice for a cartoon (in one of these commercials he sang his hit
minnie the moocher
). he also made an appearance at the apollo theatre .
cab enjoyed his final years as a celebrated and well - loved member of a retirement community in northern delaware (between, and short train rides from, his beloved baltimore and new york city). in 1994, a creative and performing arts school, the cab calloway school of the arts, was dedicated in his name in wilmington, delaware .
on june 12, 1994, calloway suffered a severe stroke. he died five months later on november 18, 1994, at age 86. his body was cremated and his ashes were given to his family. upon the death of his wife zulme
nuffie
calloway on october 13, 2008, his ashes were interred next to her in the rosewood mausoleum at ferncliff cemetery in hartsdale, new york .
a profile of calloway, cab calloway: sketches, aired on the pbs program american masters in february 2012 .
in 1998, the cab calloway orchestra (directed by calloway' s grandson c .
cb
calloway brooks) [ 24 ] was formed to honor his legacy on the national and international levels .
calloway, cab and rollins, bryant -
of minnie the moocher and me
—autobiography of cab calloway, with family recollections, family photos, photos of band members, and cab' s
hipster' s dictionary .
published by ty crowell, new york city, 1976 .
shipton, alyn. hi - de - ho: the life of cab calloway. oxford university press, 2010 .
lincoln university of pennsylvania alumni directory 1995. harris publishing co. 1995, p. 142 .
dilorenzo, kris (april 1985) .
the arts. dance: michael jackson did not invent the moonwalk
.
shoot... we did that back in the 1930s! only it was called the buzz back then .
shipton, alyn. hi - de - ho: the life of cab calloway, oxford university press (2010), p. 97 .
jolson and cab calloway in' the singing kid'
, a tribute to al jolson .
cab calloway
archived 2013 - 09 - 28 at the wayback machine. , jazz biographies .
. new york: penguin group. pp. 210–11. isbn 1 - 58542 - 396 - 3 .
in her memoir she commented on other cast changes by david merrick to revive business for the show .
the cotton club remembered (videotape )
( retrieved 6 september 2014) .
jazz on the screen — a jazz and blues filmography by david meeker: omnibus series episode the cotton club comes to the ritz
, library of congress (retrieved 6 september 2014) .
lifetime honors — national medal of arts archived august 26, 2013, at the wayback machine .
. record research inc. pp. 72–73. isbn 0 - 89820 - 083 - 0 .
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hattie mcdaniel was born on june 10, 1895, in wichita, kansas, the youngest of thirteen children in a family of performers. her father, henry mcdaniel, was a baptist minister, carpenter, banjo player, and minstrel showman, eventually organizing his own family into a minstrel troupe. henry married a gospel singer named susan holbert in 1875 and moved their growing family to denver, colorado, in 1901 .
hattie was one of only two black children in her elementary school class in denver. racial prejudice (an unfair judgment based on race) was less hostile in the west than elsewhere in the united states. for her talents as a singer and reciter of poetry, mcdaniel became something of a favorite at the 24th street elementary school, where mainly white students attended. mcdaniel sang at church, at school, and at home; she sang so continuously that her mother reportedly bribed her into silence with spare change. before long she was also singing in professional minstrel shows, as well as dancing, performing humorous skits, and later writing her own songs .
in 1910 hattie left school in her sophomore year at east denver high school and became a full - time minstrel performer, traveling the western states with her father' s show and several other troupes. the minstrel shows were usually performed by black actors, but were also sometimes performed
by whites in blackface. the shows presented a variety of entertainment that poked fun at black cultural life for the enjoyment of mostly white audiences .
when hattie' s father retired around 1920, she joined professor george morrison' s famous
melody hounds
on longer and more publicized tours. she also wrote dozens of show tunes such as
sam henry blues ,
poor wandering boy blues ,
and
quittin' my man today .
a big break came for mcdaniel in 1934, when she was cast in the fox production of judge priest. in this picture mcdaniel was given the opportunity to sing a duet with will rogers (1879–1935), the well - known american humorist. her performance was well received by the press and her fellow actors alike .
once established in hollywood, mcdaniel found no shortage of work. in 1936 alone she appeared in twelve films. for the decade as a whole her performances numbered about forty—nearly all of them in the role of maid or cook to a white household. mcdaniel won the role of
mammy
in gone with the wind over several rivals. her salary for gone with the wind was to be $ 450 a week, which was much more than what her real - life counterparts could hope to earn .
the mid - 1940s brought trying times for mcdaniel, who experienced a heart - wrenching false pregnancy in 1944 and soon after became the victim of racist - inspired legal problems. the actress found herself in a legal battle over a system in los angeles that limited the land and home ownership rights of african americans. having purchased a house in 1942, mcdaniel faced the possibility of being thrown out of her home. she was one of several black entertainers who challenged the racist system in court, however, and won .
still, throughout the 1940s a growing number of activists viewed mcdaniel and all she represented as damaging to the budding fight for civil rights. naacp president walter white pressed both actors and studios to stop making films that tended to ridicule black people, and he singled out the roles of hattie mcdaniel as particularly offensive. in response mcdaniel defended her right to choose whichever roles she saw fit, adding that many of her screen roles had shown themselves to be more than equal to that of their white employers .
by the late 1940s mcdaniel found herself in a difficult position. she found her screen opportunities disappearing even as she suffered insults from progressive blacks. after her third marriage ended in divorce in 1945, she became increasingly depressed and confused as to her proper path .
mcdaniel could still use her vocal talent on radio. in 1947 she won the starring role of
beulah
on the beulah show, a cbs radio show about a black maid and the white family for whom she worked. when hattie mcdaniel took over the role as beulah, she became the first black performer to star in a radio program intended for a general audience. the program was generally praised by the naacp and the urban league, along with the twenty million other americans who listened to it every evening at the height of its popularity in 1950 .
mcdaniel' s last marriage, to an interior decorator named larry williams, lasted only a few months. in 1951 she suffered a heart attack while filming the first few segments of a projected television version of the beulah show. by summer she was diagnosed with breast cancer. mcdaniel died in hollywood, california, on october 26, 1952. she will always be remembered as mammy of gone with the wind.
brown sugar is a 1922 british silent romance film directed by fred paul and starring owen nares , lillian hall-davis and eric lewis . it was based on a play by lady arthur lever . 
brown sugar is a 1922 british silent romance film directed by fred paul and starring owen nares, lillian hall-davis and eric lewis. it was based on a play by lady arthur lever.
brown sugar is a 1922 british silent romance film directed by fred paul and starring owen nares, lillian hall-davis and eric lewis. it was based on a play by lady arthur lever.