Stealing the show : African American performers and audiences in 1930s Hollywood / Miriam J. Petty.

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"Stealing the Show is a study of African American actors in Hollywood during the 1930s, a decade that saw the consolidation of stardom as a potent cultural and industrial force. Petty focuses on five performers whose Hollywood film careers flourished during this period--Louise Beavers, Fredi Washing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petty, Miriam J. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Subjects:
African American motion picture actors and actresses > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
African Americans in motion pictures.
African American motion picture actors and actresses.
California > Los Angeles.
1900 - 1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xvi 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : stealing the show ... or the shoat?
  • Hattie McDaniel : "landmark of an era"
  • Bill Robinson and Black children's spectatorship : "every kid in colored America is his pal"
  • Peola and Delilah : the perfect double act
  • Stepin Fetchit steals the shoat : "problematic stardom"
  • Conclusion : "time now to stop, actors."