Film Festival: The Islands and Tropicana Honolulu (1939) brings together a talented cast for an amusing look at the life of Hollywood public relations and the rarified atmosphere of the Hawaiian plantation class. In the 1930s, and even decades before, the territory of Hawaii, Honolulu, and Waikiki Beach held a tremendous allure for mainland Americans…
Eddie Anderson
Lisa’s Home Bijou: Cabin in the Sky
Film Festival: Divine Divas ETHEL WATERS was one of the first black divas to cross-over and successfully sing pop tunes. In Cabin in the Sky, the 1943 film version of the hit Broadway musical by Lynn Root, John Latouche, and Vernon Duke, Waters recreates her stage role on film accompanied by a stellar cast. Waters…