Black Star Over Hollywood - 9781543426014

Black Star tells the story of Ted Masters, a burned-out tap dancer and guitarist who leaves the southern black theater circuit (TOBA) and ventures west, eventually finding Sid Grauman (and his famous theater), the mom-and-pop movie producer Nat Levine, as well as Hattie McDaniel, Rex Ingram, Stepin Fetchit, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, and a host of other moviemakers who pitch in, attempting to turn Masters into the first black cowboy movie star. A long-lost love appears at the most inopportune time. It is a unique look at African Americans and their struggles in the moviemaking years prior to WWII.

• | Author: John W. Ravage
• | Publisher: XLIBRIS
• | Publication Date: Jun 07, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 238 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 1543426018
• | ISBN-13: 9781543426014