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# Imitation of Life (1934 movie)

Imitation of Life is a 1934 American romantic drama movie directed by John M. Stahl and was based on the 1933 novel of the same name by Fannie Hurst. It stars Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson, Ned Sparks, Louise Beavers, Alan Hale Sr. and was distributed by Universal Pictures. It was nominated for 3 Academy Awards in 1935.

## Other websites

* *Imitation of Life (1934)* on IMDb
* *Imitation of Life (1934)* at the TCM Movie Database
* *Imitation of Life (1934)* at AllMovie
# Minstrel show

Advertisment for a mistrel show
The **minstrel show** was an American form of entertainment. It was developed in the 19th century. Each show was of comic skits, dancing and music performances that showed people of African descent. The shows were played by mostly white people in makeup or blackface for the purpose of playing black people. There were also some African American performers and black-only minstrel groups that formed and toured.

Minstrel shows parodied blacks and African Americans as happy-go-lucky, lazy and dim-witted.

Minstrel shows came out as brief burlesques in the early 1830s in the Northeastern United States. They were developed into full-fledged form around the next decade.

By the turn of the 20th century, the minstrel show was a shadow of its former popularity. It was replaced for the most part by vaudeville.
# Bing Crosby

| Bing Crosby |
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| Crosby, c. 1940 |
| Born | Harry Lillis Crosby Jr. (1903-05-03)May 3, 1903 Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | October 14, 1977(1977-10-14) (aged 74) Alcobendas, Spain |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Gonzaga University |
| Occupations | * Singer
* actor
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| Years active | 1923–1977 |
| Spouses | * Dixie Lee
​ ​(m. 1930; died 1952)​
* Kathryn Grant ​(m. 1957)​
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| Children | Gary, Dennis, Phillip, Lindsay (with Dixie) Harry III, Mary, Nathaniel (with Kathryn) |
| Relatives | * Larry Crosby (brother)
* Bob Crosby (brother)
* Denise Crosby (granddaughter)
* Chris Crosby (nephew)
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| **Musical career** |
| Genres | * Traditional pop
* jazz
* easy listening
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| Labels | * Decca
* Columbia
* RCA Victor
* Brunswick
* Reprise
* Capitol
* Verve
* United Artists
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| Website | bingcrosby.com |
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**Harry Lillis** "**Bing**" **Crosby Jr.** (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. His singing career was around fifty years long and more than 1 billion records of his have been sold worldwide. Crosby is known for creating the style of music that Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin , Elvis Presley, John Lennon would later copy. Crosby said that he was inspired by Al Jolson.

He sang "White Christmas" and it became "the best-selling record of all time." Irving Berlin wrote this song. In 1962, Crosby became the first person ever to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Crosby won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in *Going My Way*.

Crosby was married twice. First to Dixie Lee from 1930 until her death in 1952. They had four children. He was then married to Kathryn Grant from 1957 until his death in 1977. They had three children.

Crosby was a Roman Catholic. He died of a heart attack in Alcobendas, Spain.
# Blackface

**Blackface** is a kind of costume or make up which involves putting black make-up on to imitate a racist image of a Black or African American person. Blackface became popular in the 19th century especially during Reconstruction after the American Civil War.

By the mid 19th century, blackface minstrel shows became a distinctive artform. It translated formal works, like opera, into popular terms for general audiences.

Early in the 20th century, blackface came off the minstrel show. It became a form in its own right.

However, in the United States, blackface became less popular after the civil right movement. It is offensive and racist.

The videos for the Culture Club "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" and Taco's "Puttin' On the Ritz" are videos in which actors in blackface appeared during the early 1980s. The original video for "Puttin' On the Ritz" (1983) was not allowed due to the characters in blackface in that video.
# Ethel Waters

Waters in 1943
**Ethel Waters** (31 October 1896 – 1 September 1977) was an American actress, stage performer and singer. She performed blues, jazz, gospel, pop and big band music. Her recordings included "Dinah", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Stormy Weather" and "Cabin in the Sky". Waters also appeared in several movies.

Waters was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. She died from kidney failure and uterine cancer in Chatsworth, California.
# Robert Abbot

Robert Abbott

(November 24, 1868 – February 29, 1940) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and publisher. He founded *The Chicago Defender*, the most influential Black American newspaper at the time. It became the most widely circulated Black newspaper in the country.

## Early life

Abbott was born on November 24, 1868, in Frederica, Saint Simons, Georgia (although some sources say he was born in Savannah, Georgia).

He studied printing at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University), a historically black college in Virginia. He graduated from Kent College of Law, a law school (now Chicago–Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology) in Chicago, 1899.

## *The Chicago Defender*

In 1905 Abbott founded *The Chicago Defender*, a newspaper which defended the rights of Black Americans, and became known as "America's Black Newspaper". It printed editorials that attacked white oppression and the lynching of Black Americans. The editorials were popular among Black Americans in the Southern United States.

The *Defender*'s positive reporting on opportunities for Black Americans in the Northern states played a part in making many Black Southerners move North during the Great Migration.

Abbott was editor of *The Chicago Defender* until he died on February 29, 1940, in Chicago.

## Other websites

* Robert Abbott, *Encyclopædia Britannica* for Kids.
* Robert Abbot at Find a Grave
* PBS: Robert Sengstacke Abbott
* PBS: The Chicago Defender
* Pablo J. Davis, "Robert S. Abbott," *New Georgia Encyclopedia* Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
* Robert Sengstacke Abbott Boyhood Home: Founder of the Chicago Defender historical marker
# The Danny Thomas Show

The Danny Thomas Show (also known as Make Room for Daddy for the first three seasons) is an American sitcom that was originally aired from ABC from September 29, 1953 to April 25, 1957 and CBS from October 7, 1957 to April 27, 1964.
# Six Cylinder Love

Six Cylinder Love is a 1931 American comedy movie directed by Thornton Freeland and is the second version of the 1921 play of the same name. It stars Spencer Tracy, Edward Everett Horton, Sidney Fox, Una Merkel, Bert Roach, El Brendel and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

## Other websites

* *Six Cylinder Love* on IMDb
* *Six Cylinder Love* at AllMovie
# The Greeks Had a Word for Them

*The Greeks Had a Word for Them*
The Greeks Had a Word for Them is a 1932 American comedy movie directed by Lowell Sherman and is based on the play *The Greeks Had a Word for It* by Zoe Akins. It stars Joan Blondell, Madge Evans, Ina Claire, David Manners, Lowell Sherman, Phillips Smalley, Sidney Bracey, Louise Beavers, Wilson Benge, Ward Bond and was distributed by United Artists.

## Other websites

* *The Greeks Had a Word for Them* on IMDb