Heat Wave by Richard Castle

Author:Richard Castle [Castle, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
ISBN: 1401323820
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2009-10-20T23:33:25+00:00

Following Carnegie Hall, she participated in an all-star gala to benefit the Negro Actors Guild at the Forty-sixth Street Theatre. Performing that night was an impressive array of stars: Marian Anderson, Louis Armstrong, the Nicholas Brothers, George Jessel, Eddie Duchin, the Hall Johnson Choir, Cab Calloway, Ben Bernie, Eddie Cantor, Noël Coward, Benny Goodman, Beatrice Lillie, the Radio City Rockettes, Mayor Jimmy Walker, Sophie Tucker, and the guild’s honorary president, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.

The gala raised $8,500 to benefit the guild’s charitable work and help unemployed Black actors. But an incident backstage between Ethel and Bill Robinson raised eyebrows. Between the two, one word led to another until “a bitter word-battle” ensued. Robinson became so angry that he threatened to resign from the guild because of Ethel. “Well, go the hell ahead and resign” may have been her choice of words that night. Of course, no one was to talk to Bojangles like this, especially some goddamned woman.

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