Stepin Fetchit

The Life & Times of Lincoln Perry

Mel Watkins

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Vintage Books
15 December 2006

Biography: general

The definitive biography of an iconic and controversial figure of American popular culture- Stepin Fetchit, the first African-American movie star. First time in paperback.

In the late 1920s and '30s Lincoln Perry, aka Stepin Fetchit, was both renowned and reviled for his surrealistic portrayals of the era's most popular comic stereotype-the lazy, shiftless Negro. Perry was hailed by critic Robert Benchley as ""the best actor that the talking movies have produced,"" and Mel Watkins's meticulously researched and sensitive biography reveals the paradoxes of this pioneering actor's life, from Perry's tremendous popularity to his money troubles and rowdy offscreen antics. As later generations come to recognize Perry's prodigious talent and achievements, in Stepin Fetchit, Mel Watkins brilliantly and definitively illuminates the life and times of a legendary figure in American entertainment.

By: Mel Watkins
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 201mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 341g
ISBN: 9781400096763
ISBN 10: 1400096766
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 15 December 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mel Watkins, a former editor and writer for The New York Times Book Review, is the author of Dancing with Strangers, a Literary Guild Selection, and of the highly acclaimed On the Real Side- A History of African American Comedy. He lives in New York City.

Reviews for Stepin Fetchit: The Life & Times of Lincoln Perry

Beautifully evokes the 'times' of Stepin Fetchit, providing a surprisingly fresh look at the complex history of blackness and the silver screen. - Entertainment Weekly Commendable . . . thorough and authoritative. - The New York Times Enthralling. . . .Watkins goes back . . . to the vaudeville road, the black-theater circuit, the tent shows, dance clubs, burlesque houses, carnivals, cabarets, race riots and lynch mobs. Stepin Fetchit is a shadow history of performance as survival. - Harper's Fascinating. . . . An engrossing study of Perry. - Essence