Heat Wave

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

"Donald Bogle [is a] pioneering safe-keeper of the history of blacks in film."
--Vogue

From Donald Bogle, author of the bestselling Dorothy Dandridge and Toms, Coons, Mulattos, Mammies, and Bucks, a groundbreaking history of African American portrayals in Hollywood, comes the long-awaited, definitive biography of one of America's brightest and most troubled theatrical stars: actress and singer Ethel Waters. In Heat Wave, Bogle explores Waters' relationships with other performing greats, including Lena Horne, Count Basie, Vincent Minnelli, and many others, and paints a vivid, deeply human portrait of this legendary performer--a must-read for any fan of jazz, blues, and classic American cinema.

Author: Donald Bogle
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 06/26/2012
Pages: 656
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.05w x 1.24d
ISBN: 9780061241741

About the Author
Bogle, Donald: -

Donald Bogle is one of the country's leading authorities on African Americans in Hollywood. He is the author of the groundbreaking Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films; the acclaimed biography Dorothy Dandridge; and Brown Sugar: Over 100 Years of America's Black Female Superstars. He teaches at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and at the University of Pennsylvania.