Stella @ Sixth & I Synagogue (+ Afterparty with a "Wet Hot American Summer Screening")Film Screening: Stormy Weather @ Library of Congress
by Svetlana 
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| May 22, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
free
details here:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/pickford/pickford-current.html
The Legacy of “Bojangles”
Stormy Weather (Twentieth Century-Fox, 1943). Dir Andrew Stone. Wrt Frederick Jackson, Ted Koehler, H. S. Kraft, from an original story by Jerry Horwin & Seymour B. Robinson. With Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Katherine Dunham, Fats Waller, Nicholas Brothers, Ada Brown, Dooley Wilson. (78 min, b&w, 35mm)
with:
Celebrity Profile. The Nicholas Brothers–Flying High (Van Ness Films, 1999). Dir Steven Smith. Host Harry Smith. Narrated by Peter Graves. (60 min, color, U-matic video)
In Stormy Weather , dancing legend Bill “Williamson,” just back from World War I, meets lovely singer Selina Rogers (Horne) at a soldiers’ ball and promises to come back to her when he establishes his career. Years later, Bill’s and Selina’s rising careers intersect only briefly, as Selina is unwilling to “settle down.” Will she ever change her mind? This was Bojangles’s biggest role–a part that he played with dignity and clarity–and his dancing was the most contextual. Concludes with an all-star show hosted by Cab Calloway.
Shown with a profile of Fayard and Harold, from their earliest appearances in 1920’s Philadelphia, through the Cotton Club in 1932 and the Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 to the end of the 20th century, combating racism and inspiring generations of black entertainers
