Heat Wave - The Life and Career of Ethel Waters

"Mr. Bogle continues to be our most noted black-cinema historian." --Spike Lee "Donald Bogle [is a] pioneering safe-keeper of the history of blacks in film." -- Vogue From Donald Bogle, author of the bestselling Dorothy Dandridge and Toms, Coons, Mulattos, Mammies, and Bucks , a groundbreaking history of African American portrayals in Hollywood, comes the long-awaited, definitive biography of one of America''s brightest and most troubled theatrical stars: actress and singer Ethel Waters. In Heat Wave , Bogle explores Waters'' relationships with other performing greats, including Lena Horne, Count Basie, Vincent Minnelli, and many others, and paints a vivid, deeply human portrait of this legendary performer--a must-read for any fan of jazz, blues, and classic American cinema.

Product details

• Authors: Donald Bogle
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.2012
• EAN: 9780061241741
• ISBN: 978-0-06-124174-1
• No. of pages: 656
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Dance, Music, Memoirs, History of Art, United States of America, USA, Comedy and stand-up, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Acting techniques, Plays, Playscripts, Film history, theory or criticism, PERFORMING ARTS: Film & Video / General, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir *, DRAMA: Women Authors, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: General, HISTORY: Reference, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: THE ARTS, HISTORY: African American & Black, HISTORY: Essays, PERFORMING ARTS: Acting & Auditioning, The arts: general topics, Relating to African American / Black American people, African American Studies / Memoir & Biography, African American Studies / The Arts