Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters - Hardcover

Bogle, Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061241733 ISBN 13: 9780061241734

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2011

Synopsis

HardCover. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 640 in Publisher: Harper From the author of the bestselling Dorothy Dandridge comes a dazzling look at one of America's ightest and most troubled theatrical stars.Almost no other star of the twentieth century reimagined herself with such audacity and durable talent as did Ethel Waters. In this enlightening and engaging biography. Donald Bogle resurrects this astonishing woman from the annals of history. shedding new light on the tumultuous twists and turns of her seven-decade career. which began in Black vaudeville and reached new heights in the steamy nightclubs of 1920s Harlem.Bogle traces Waters' life from her poverty-stricken childhood to her rise in show business; her career as one of the early blues and pop singers. with such hits as Am I Blue. Stormy Weather. and Heat Wave; her success as an actress. appearing in such films and plays a...

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"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.

Review:

"In this powerful biography, Bogle recovers the rich fullness of singer Ethel Waters's life...Bogle's thorough and unflinchingly honest look at Waters's brilliant and flawed life will undoubtedly be the definitive biography of this great woman"--Publishers Weekly

A penetrating look at a woman of massive talent and determination. --Booklist (starred review)"

In this powerful biography, Bogle recovers the rich fullness of singer Ethel Waters s life...Bogle s thorough and unflinchingly honest look at Waters s brilliant and flawed life will undoubtedly be the definitive biography of this great woman --Publishers Weekly"

"A penetrating look at a woman of massive talent and determination."--Booklist (starred review)

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0061241733
• ISBN 13: 9780061241734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 624