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Author:

Bourne, Stephen.

Title:

Elisabeth Welch : soft lights and sweet music / Stephen Bourne.

Publisher:

Scarecrow Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xxvi, 153 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Welch, Elisabeth.
African American singers--Biography.
African American actresses--Biography.

Notes:

Includes filmography (p. 113-116), discography (p. 128-130), bibliographical references (p. 139-141), and index.

Contents:

Girlie -- The jazz age -- Paris -- Cole Porter, Ivor Novello, and Noel Coward -- Soft lights and sweet music -- Paul Robeson -- Keep the home fires burning -- A marvellous party -- Derek Jarman and The tempest -- Renaissance -- Finale -- Invisible women : a survey of black women in British films.

Series:

Filmmakers ; no. 120

ISBN:

9780810854130 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0810854139 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57406323

LCCN:

2005000059

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)