Here's a great number featuring Lena Horne, but it also features many beautiful unsung black women of Hollywood of the 40's, that have been hugely overlooked.
The women in the halter tops and red shorts from left to right are Kathleen Hartsfield, who also was in Stormy Weather as the hat check girl and in Cabin In The Sky as a dancer, next is Juliette Ball who was in many Hollywood movies, including Stormy Weather and Cabin In The Sky, she was a stand-in for Lena Horne and a good friend of Dorothy Dandridge. She also was a model who appeared in many European magazines. She also was an activist for blacks. I'm unsure of the beautiful lady on the right of Lena Horne. The last lady is Maggie Mae Hathaway, a great lady who did so much for blacks, she along with Juliette help form the NAACP Image Awards, and she helped integrate blacks in golfing. She also was in many films, and a singer and dancer. Also in the number is Louise Franklin, who been in over 30 films, she was in films from the 1930s to the 1950s, her most significant films were Citizen Kane, Stormy Weather, and Cabin In The Sky. She was a wonderful dancer and a pretty lady who was one of the first women on the cover of Jet magazine. Artie Young is also in this number, she was a popular dancer in the 30's and 40's. She was married to legendary dancer Leonard Reed. She also played the girlfriend to Herb Jeffries in the first black cowboy movies. Marie Bryant, legendary dancer and choreographer is also in this number.
26 мар 2011
