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Lisa’s Home Bijou: Panama Hattie wartime musical

August 28, 2017 by Lisa Grable 5 Comments

Sailors' favorite showgirl in the Panama Canal Zone is Ann Sothern. Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien and Lena Horne join the fun. Lisa's Home Bijou: Panama Hattie (1942)

Film Festival: The Islands and Tropicana Panama Hattie (1942) was a hit Broadway play with songs by Cole Porter, starring Ethel Merman, and getting laughs through the unusual casting of 3 comedians as sailors. The play got the Hollywood treatment as a vehicle to support wartime vigilance for spies and raising money through war bonds….

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1942, Ann Sothern, Berry Brothers, Broadway to Hollywood, classic films, Cole Porter, Lena Horne, Lisa's Home Bijou, musical, Panama Hattie, Red Skelton, tropicana, Virginia O'Brien

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Stormy Weather

May 30, 2016 by Lisa Grable 3 Comments

Divine Diva Lena Horne catches Bill Robinson’s eye. With Cab Calloway, Dooley Wilson, Nicholas Brothers, Fats Waller, and more! Lisa's Home Bijou: Stormy Weather (1943)

Film Festival: Divine Divas Lena Horne plays the leading lady in Stormy Weather, a film legacy of her expressive voice and luminous beauty. One of America’s divine divas, she came to our attention as a chorine at Harlem’s famed Cotton Club and made her way to Hollywood to become the first black woman to sign…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1943, Ada Brown, African American history, Bill Robinson, black actors, black films, black history, Cab Calloway, classic films, Dooley Wilson, Emmett Babe Wallace, Fats Waller, Katherine Dunham, Lena Horne, Lisa's Home Bijou, musicals, Nicholas Brothers, Stormy Weather

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Cabin in the Sky

April 18, 2016 by Lisa Grable Leave a Comment

Divine Divas Ethel Waters and Lena Horne try to win Eddie Anderson’s soul with all-star support from Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and more! Lisa's Home Bijou: Cabin in the Sky (1943)

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…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1943, black actors, black films, black history, Cabin in the Sky, classic films, Duke Ellington, Eddie Anderson, Ethel Waters, John Bubbles, Lena Horne, Lisa's Home Bijou, Louis Armstrong

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Lisa Grable, Casa BouquetI’m an educator, grandmother, classic movie fan, sewer and crafter, and I love Hawaii. Read more about me …

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