Lena Horne
Author
Language
English
Description
A great look at black entertainment in 1938. A young Lena Horne in her first film shines as Ethel, a singer who makes her way to the 'big time'. Ralph Cooper plays her boyfriend Duke. As the film progresses, special musical guests are presented. A lot of these 'race movies' are a fantastic look at wonderful performers that were never presented in mainstream Hollywood. A movie worth seeing!
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
How It Feels to Be Free takes an unprecedented look at the intersection of African American women artists, politics and entertainment and tells the story of how six trailblazing performers—Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, Nina Simone, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier— changed American culture through their films, fashion, music and politics.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 77 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dancing great Bill Williamson takes a look back on the beginnings of his career and his romance with fellow rising star Selina. Their romance is brief because Selina does not want to settle down. The movie includes an all-star show hosted by Cab Calloway.
Publisher
Sony Wonder
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Big Bird and his friends present Alphabet Day on Sesame Street, introducing all the letters from A to Z. Children will learn how letters combine to become words and words become stories.
11) Cabin in the sky
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fable of rascally Little Joe, torn between the love of his good wife Petunia and the wiles of good-time bad girl Georgia Brown ... and caught in a tug-of-war between emissaries from the Lord and Satan.
13) The Wiz
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen 30th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dorothy is a 24-year-old Manhattan kindergarten teacher who is whisked away from her inner-city neighborhood via a snowstorm to the mysterious land of Oz. Oz is a sprawling, decaying, nightmarish, and dangerous megalopolis that resembles the physical characteristics of New York City.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Take an unprecedented look at the intersection of African American women artists, politics and entertainment and hear the story of how six trailblazing performers--Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, Nina Simone, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier--changed American culture through their films, fashion, music, and politics.
15) The Wiz
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Widescreen version (aspect ratio: 1.85:1).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A discontented kindergarten teacher living in Harlem is lost in a blizzard and comes upon the wonderland of Oz. There she meets new friends, tries to find her way home, and finds that her life is not so bad after all.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 4 hrs 20 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
If you were born in the 40s, your decade began with the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to an unprecedented third term, the country was isolationist, American workers got the forty hour work week, Walt Disney Studios released Fantasia and Pinocchio, Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time, and Glen Miller wrote the decade's signature song, In the Mood.
Til the clouds roll by: based on the life and music of Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern...