0802124542 (N) by Gail Lumet Buckley

Author:Gail Lumet Buckley [Buckley, Gail Lumet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780802190697
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Published: 2016-03-26T22:00:00+00:00

Lena Horne at MGM, leaving her personal “movie star” trailer, c. 1943

Lena actually became a star in New York instead of Hollywood, and it happened before any of her major movies were released. In the same week of January 9, 1943, Time, Newsweek, and Life all featured stories about her—and Life, arguably the most popular magazine in the world at that time, produced beautiful pictures as well as glowing words:

Each year in New York’s after-dark world of supper clubs there appears a girl singer who becomes a sensation overnight. She stands in the middle of a dance floor in a white dress and a soft light, and begins to sing. The room is hushed and her voice is warm and haunting. Her white teeth gleam, her eyes move back and forth, and her softly sung words seem to linger like cigaret smoke. This year that girl is Lena Horne, a young Negro who has been appearing at the Savoy-Plaza’s Cafe Lounge …

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