Gloria notes:

 

 

>         Happy 100th birthday, Paul Robeson!

>         AMC is honoring this day with a 12 hour film marathon, starting

> this evening at 6:30.  Here's the schedule:

>

>         6:30 PM: *Tales of Manhattan*

>         8:30 PM: *Small Steps, Big Strides: Black Experience in Hollywood*

>         9:30 PM: *Sanders of the River*

>         11:00 PM: *Song of Freedom*

>         1:00 AM: *Big Fella*

>         2:00 AM: *Jericho*

>         3:30 AM: *Borderline*

>         4:30 AM: *Body and Soul*

 

And to think that 30 years ago, people were debated about whether his

"film contributions" merited a star on Hollywood Blvd!  (Of course,

what they were really concerned about was that he was Black and Red!)

And that--just after I'd walked the dingy Boulevard of Dreams looking

for Hollywood icons and only finding the likes of Jan Murray and Art

Linkletter!  Wrong block, I guess.

 

Don Larsson

 

 

 

 

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Donald Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)

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