Scandalous goings-on in the film Wonder Bar (1934).
Boys will be boys, indeed...
CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
WOO HOO! and I recognized al jolson without the racist blackface.
ReplyDeleteA complex man who was (despite the blackface routines) popular with just about everybody in his day, regardless of race. Judging him by today's standards ignores the proactive steps the man took to promote black music, easing the way for many artists in his preferred off-duty haunts in Harlem to hit the mainstream, and refusing to allow Cab Calloway anything less than joint billing when they played together. I found this article from the LA Times that tries to ameliorate his reputation a little.
DeleteRegardless, that clip from Wonder Bar is hilarious! Jx
Nice to find out what he really looked like, though!
DeleteI adore these gifs
ReplyDeleteThe best yet xx
Sometimes they tell a story almost better than a video clip can... Jx
DeleteThat was lovely! And very funny.(But I'm stuck with a Mammy earworm!)
ReplyDeleteI'd walk a million miles
DeleteFor one of your smiles
Apparently. Jx