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Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams : The Story of Black Hollywood by Donald Bogle (2005, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100345454189
ISBN-139780345454188
eBay Product ID (ePID)30900283
Product Key Features
Book TitleBright Boulevards, Bold Dreams : the Story of Black Hollywood
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicFilm / General, Africa / General, Popular Culture, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Film / History & Criticism
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorDonald Bogle
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight24.9 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-054781
Reviews"Mr. Bogle continues to be our most noted black-cinema historian." SPIKE LEE Praise for Dorothy Dandridge "An ambitious, rigorously researched account of the long-ignored film star and chanteuse . . . [Bogle] has fashioned a resonant history of a bygone era in Hollywood and passionately documented the contribution of one of its most dazzling and complex performers." The New York Times Book Review "Donald Bogle, that pioneering safekeeper of the history of blacks in film, has completed the first definitive biography of Dandridge. Bogle's epic biography depicts all the rich details of Dandridge's life." Vogue Praise for Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks "Bogle is passionate and good-humored. His book is valuable as a film reference work and social document." GENE SISKEL "Far more inclusive and informative than previous books on the subject." The New York Times
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal791.4302/8/092396073
SynopsisSpanning sixty vibrant years, Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams is a deliciously entertaining history of Black Hollywood. Through interviews and the personal recollections of film luminaries, noted film historian Donald Bogle reveals a place both mythic and real, distinct from the studio-system-dominated Tinseltown-a world unto itself, with unique rules, institutions, and personalities. Bogle tells the story of such legends as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Hattie McDaniel, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, and Sammy Davis Jr., and introduces readers to the stories of lesser-known artists, such as the scandal-plagued heartthrob James Edwards and the enigmatic Madame Sul-Te-Wan. Bogle also shows us other members of the black film community-from the white stars' black servants to gossip columnists and hairstylists-and the world that grew up around them along Central Avenue, the fabled Harlem of the West. Along the way, Bogle re-creates a vanished time that left an indelible mark on Hollywood-and on all of America. Book jacket., In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tellsfor the first timethe story of a place both mythic and real: Black Hollywood. Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them. Through interviews and the personal recollections of Hollywood luminaries, Bogle pieces together a remarkable history that remains largely obscure to this day. We discover that Black Hollywood was a place distinct from the studio-system-dominated Tinseltowna world unto itself, with unique rules and social hierarchy. It had its own talent scouts and media, its own watering holes, elegant hotels, and fashionable nightspots, and of course its own glamorous and brilliant personalities. Along with famous actors including Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Hattie McDaniel (whose home was among Hollywood's most exquisite), and, later, the stunningly beautiful Lena Horne and the fabulously gifted Sammy Davis, Jr., we meet the likes of heartthrob James Edwards, whose promising career was derailed by whispers of an affair with Lana Turner, and the mysterious Madame Sul-Te-Wan, who shared a close lifelong friendship with pioneering director D. W. Griffith. But Bogle also looks at other members of the black communityfrom the white stars' black servants, who had their own money and prestige, to gossip columnists, hairstylists, and architectsand at the world that grew up around them along Central Avenue, the Harlem of the West. In the tradition of Hortense Powdermaker's classic Hollywood: The Dream Factory and Neal Gabler's An Empire of Their Own, in Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle re-creates a vanished world that left an indelible mark on Hollywoodand on all of America. From the Hardcover edition.
LC Classification NumberPN1995.9.N4B59 2005
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- 24 Jul, 2019
Donald Bogle has provided us with a wonderful historical document. I applauld him for his efforts.
Outstanding book detailing the flight of African Americans trying to succeed in this industry and country despite the inherent obstacles.....Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Jul, 2018
Good read !
If you are interested in what changes are made in a generation of African-American history, this is a story well told and well-repesentative of such.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 27 Nov, 2023
Good title .
Gives me a history I was not aware of!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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