Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams

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The Story of Black Hollywood

Donald Bogle

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Random House USA Inc
31 January 2006

Films, movies & cinema; Film theory & criticism; Black & Asian studies

""Mr. Bogle continues to be our most noted black-cinema historian."" --Spike Lee

In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells-for the first time-the 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 Tinseltown-a 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 community-from the white stars' black servants, who had their own money and prestige, to gossip columnists, hairstylists, and architects-and 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 Hollywood-and on all of America.

By: Donald Bogle
Imprint: Random House USA Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Annotated edition
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 134mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 432g
ISBN: 9780345454195
ISBN 10: 0345454197
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 31 January 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Donald Bogle is the foremost authority on African Americans in film. His books-which include Dorothy Dandridge; Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks and Primetime Blues-have won awards and wide critical acclaim. He teaches at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Manhattan.

Reviews for Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood

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