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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Margaret Livingston Hell's 400 (1926)
Cloris Leachman, Maxine Cooper and Marian Carr
in a publicity photo for Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Note: I had previously identified the beauty on the left as Gaby Rodgers, but a viewer's comment caused me to revisit the question and I realized it was actually Cloris Leachman, making a big impression in her first credited big screen role.
Since it's Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US, I thought it would be appropriate to highlight some of the early African American players that prepared the ground for the greater, although far from perfect, opportunities enjoyed in the entertainment industry today.
Juanita Moore
Bert Williams
Louise Beavers
Duke Ellington
Hattie McDaniel (shown receiving her Academy Award from Fay Bainter)
Nat King Cole Jr.
Lena Horne
Cab Calloway
Josephine Baker
The immortal 'Satchmo,' Louis Armstrong
with Lauren Bacall at Club Mocambo in 1947
with then wife Mayo Methot in 1944
with Lauren Bacall and Hugh Obrien
with Lauren Bacall and Jimmy Durante
with Audrey Hepburn during the filming of Sabrina (1954)
Beverly Michaels in Blonde Bait (1956)
Ruth Roman in Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
Maria Schrader and Juliane Köhler in Aimée & Jaguar (1999)
Susan Oliver in The Green-Eyed Blonde (1957)
Beverly Michaels in Pickup (1951)
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