Lena Horne
Рождение : 1917-06-30, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Смерть : 2010-05-09
История
Lena Horne (June 30, 1917 - May 9, 2010) was a singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist.
Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the films Cabin in the Sky and Stormy Weather.
Due to the Red Scare and her left-leaning political views, Horne found herself blacklisted and unable to get work in Hollywood. Returning to her roots as a nightclub performer, Horne took part in the March on Washington in August 1963, and continued to work as a performer, both in nightclubs and on television, while releasing well-received record albums.
She announced her retirement in March 1980, but the next year starred in a one-woman show, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, which ran for more than three hundred performances on Broadway and earned her numerous awards and accolades. She continued recording and performing sporadically into the 1990s, disappearing from the public eye in 2000. Horne died on May 9, 2010 in New York City.
During her lifetime, Horne was awarded four Grammys, a Tony, and a NAACP Image Award . She also received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1984.
Self (archival footage)
Tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – challenged an entertainment industry deeply complicit in perpetuating racist stereotypes, and transformed themselves and their audiences in the process.
Self (archive footage)
Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entertainer Judy Garland through rare concert footage, never-heard-before voice recordings and personal photos.
Self - Singer (archive footage)
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.
Self (archive footage)
Despite the many curious similarities between Susan Hayward and Lena Horne-both were born in Brooklyn on exactly the same day, for example-one detail set their careers on very different paths. This doc examines their parallel lives.
Self (archive footage)
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Two nights after the September 16 & 17th Carnegie Hall Blue Note performances, Lena performed the same show at a more intimate venue -- New York's Supper Club -- on September 19, 1994 and accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra directed by Frank Foster. It was the the Carnegie Hall magic all over again and this time we had a camera crew to capture the entire event -- available now for the first time on this DVD. The repertoire is mostly from the We'll Be Together Again album, with the special bonus of the newly-constituted Basie band. This was to be Lena's final concert performance and in every respect it's a stunning summation to a most extraordinary career.
Self (archive footage)
Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.
Self (archive footage)
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists featured are: Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Little Richard, Also included are today's contemporary superstars: Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, and many, more! 80 minutes plus DVD bonus features.
Self
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic champion of the rights of the poor working man, the disfranchised and people of color. He led a life in the vanguard of many movements, achieved international acclaim for his music and suffered tremendous personal sacrifice. His story is one of the great dramas of the 20th century, spanning an international canvas of social upheaval and ideological controversy.
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary. It was originally broadcast on May 18, 1994. The show featured Joe Pesci (as Ronald Grump), Corbin Bernsen (as real estate attorney, Arnie), Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman (as a Worm TV hosts), John Goodman (as Tough Guy Helpline operator), Charles Grodin (as Chaz), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (as reporter Kathie Lee Kathie), Rosie O'Donnell (as the Good Hope Fairy), Susan Sarandon (as Bitsy), Barbara Walters (reporting for 25/25), and Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford (as themselves).
Archive Footage
Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famous that knew him, this portrait concentrates on his career and his public life events.
Self
With the help of his Sesame Street friends, Big Bird leads Snuffy on a fun-filled trip through the alphabet. Cookie Monster sings the praises of "C" (for "cookie," of course), while Oscar loves "I" and "icky ice cream cones." Special guest Lena Horne joins in on all the musical fun as well. Whether you have a favorite letter, or love'em from A to Z, you'll find them all here in delightful alphabetical disorder.
Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Herself
Compilation of DTV music videos from on The Disney Channel, combining tunes from the 1940s through the 1960s with footage of Disney animation.
Self
Самая блестящая, дорогая и утомительная видеосъемка в истории телевидения состоялась в пятницу, 19 февраля 1982 года, в нью-йоркском Radio City Music Hall. Мероприятие, за которое покупатели билетов платили до 1000 долларов за место (без учета налогов как взнос в Фонд актеров), было объявлено «Ночь сотни звёзд», но на самом деле в нем приняли участие около 230 звезд. И большая часть аудитории из 5800 человек заранее не подозревала, что они платят за просмотр телевизионной записи, сопровождающейся долгим ожиданием смены декораций и костюмов, перемоткой ленты и тому подобным. Исполнительный продюсер Александр Коэн подсчитал, что 5800 мест в Radio City Music Hall были распроданы по цене от 25 до 1000 долларов. Производство самого шоу стоило около 4 миллионов долларов, и ожидалось, что оно принесет около 2 миллионов долларов за новое дополнение к дому престарелых Актерского фонда в Энглвуде, штат Нью-Джерси. Считается, что ABC заплатила более 5 миллионов долларов за телевизионные права.
Glinda the Good
Дороти – застенчивая воспитательница детского сада в Гарлеме, ищет своего потерявшегося пса Тото, пробиваясь сквозь бушующую метель. И вдруг… оказывается в Стране чудес, куда попадает по дороге, вымощенной желтым кирпичом.
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Золотые моменты из фильмотеки MGM, что включает как комедии и драмы, так и классические музыкальные номера.
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Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
Claire Quintana
In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide it's time for a change. That ask for Patch's resignation, but he refuses on the basis that the town on hiring him had promised him the job for as long as he wanted it. Afraid for the town's future and even more afraid of the fact that Marshal Patch knows all the town's dark secrets, the city fathers decide that old-style violence is the only way to rid themselves of the unwanted lawman.
Music
Using morgue photos, newsreel footage, and a recording by Lena Horne, Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez fired off 'Now!', one of the most powerful bursts of propaganda rendered in the 1960s.
Herself (voice)
Using morgue photos, newsreel footage, and a recording by Lena Horne, Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez fired off 'Now!', one of the most powerful bursts of propaganda rendered in the 1960s.
Surrounded by a mix of talented ladies, host Frank Sinatra does his thing.
Lena Horne
Азартный ковбой Чак Рэдвелл обнаруживает, что ему сказочно везет в рулетку, если он держит за руку очаровательную танцовщицу Мари. Просто удивительно, как Чаку удалось это выяснить, ведь Мари не любит держаться за руку с юношей и вообще не желает этого делать. По крайней мере она уверена в этом поначалу. Чаку приходится прилагать немалые усилия, чтобы добиться расположения девушки, ведь от этого зависит его удача и будущий выигрыш.
Herself
A closed-circuit television special produced to raise funds for the relief agency CARE telecast live from the Adelphi Theatre in New York.
Lena Horne
Ellen Hallit is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything about it. To help her, her roommate Chris decides to step in, and devises a plan. Chris follows Morrison on his trip to Sun Valley, Idaho and plays the overattentive female, hoping that he will send for Ellen (who often played his "fiancée" when he had a female he couldn't discourage otherwise.) Complications arise when Chris catches the eye of band leader Dick Layne, and finds herself caught in a triangle between the two men.
Lena Horne
Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes on Broadway, London, and Hollywood. We see the fruits of Hart and Rodgers' collaboration - elaborately staged numbers from their plays, characters' visits to night clubs, and impromptu performances at parties. We also see Larry's scattered approach to life, his failed love with Peggy McNeil, his unhappiness, and Richard's successful wooing of Dorothy Feiner.
Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.
Herself
This humorous Pete Smith Specialty short looks around various studios on a film lot.
Mantan takes a job as office boy at a new TV station and gets to watch several pre-recorded musical numbers.
Lena Horne
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
Specialty
Сестры Пэтси и Джин Дэйо с детства выступают на сцене. По вечерам, после выступлений, они приглашают желающих военных в открытую у них дома "солдатскую столовую" и мечтают снять помещение побольше. Их знакомый военный моряк Джон, скрывая о них, что он миллионер, анонимно покупает для них заброшенный склад и они превращают его в настоящий театр для солдат. Джон влюбляется в Джин, а сам он нравится обеим сестрам...
Fernway de la Fer
Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in a successful show.
After hours at a nightclub, the hired help have a jam session, which proves to be just what a couple of belated customers wanted to hear.
Herself
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
Herself
Джо Ренолдс — безобидный, несколько странный молодой человек, большой специалист в своей работе — гладить одежду постояльцев в прачечной фешенебельного отеля. И он безумно и безнадежно влюблен в артистку Кони Шоу, не пропускает ни одного ее выступления, тратя все свои сбережения на билеты. Казалось бы, что у Джо нет никаких шансов, тем более, что у Кони есть жених. Но любовь и стечение обстоятельств помогают ему добиться многого…
Selina Rogers
Dancing great Bill Williamson sees his face on the cover of Theatre World magazine and reminisces: Just back from World War I, he meets lovely singer Selina Rogers at a soldiers' ball and promises to come back to her when he "gets to be somebody." Years go by, and Bill and Selina's rising careers intersect only briefly, since Selina is unwilling to settle down. Will she ever change her mind? Concludes with a big all-star show hosted by Cab Calloway.
Georgia Brown
Заядлый игрок в кости и любитель женщин Литл Джо решает начать новую жизнь. Его жена Питунья давно молит Бога о том, чтобы он расстался с пагубными страстями, раскаялся и нашел работу. И такой день настал, Джо пришел в церковь на исповедь, но когда дошла его очередь причаститься, он сбежал со своими дружками в игорный клуб отыграться напоследок от долгов. В клубе его заподозрили в жульничестве и ранили выстрелом из револьвера. В предсмертном бредуДжо является Люцифер-младший со своей свитой, с целью забрать его в Ад, но Питуньяне зря просила и молила Бога за жизнь мужа и Ангелы также пришли к его постели. Междусилами добра и зла произошла разборка за душу азартного игрока, точку в которойпоставило решение Господа, дать Джо еще шесть месяцев на земле на исправление, но с одним условием - он не будет помнить эту встречу. Если за этот срок он обелит свою душу, то попадет в Рай, если же нет - тогда навсегда останется в лапах Люцифера.
Lena Horne
Оперная певица Кэтрин Джонс, оставив сцену, отправляется в часть к своему отцу полковнику, чтобы поднять боевой дух солдат перед отправкой на фронт и с тайной надеждой помирить своих родителей, которые уже много лет в разводе. Там она встречает бывшего знаменитого "летающего гимнаста", а ныне рядового Эдди Марша. Молодые люди влюбляются в друг в друга...
As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.
Ethel Andrews
A theatrical producer puts aside his own success to boost the career of a talented singer.
