Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood
The Story of Black Hollywood
$40.85
- Paperback
411 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2006
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345454195 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0345454197 |
| Author: | Donald Bogle |
| Publisher: | One World |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 411 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2006 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 130mm x 201mm |
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Critics Review
“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
About The Author
Donald Bogle
Donald Bogle is the author of the groundbreaking “Toms,
Donald Bogle is the author of the groundbreaking “Toms,
Donald Bogle is the author of the groundbreaking “Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive HistorCoons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive HistorCoons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films”, a classic study of Black movy of Blacks in American Films”, a classic study of Black movy of Blacks in American Films”, a classic study of Black movie images; as well as the acclaimed biography “Dorothy Dandrie
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