Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams by Donald Bogle (Hardcover First Edition)

Published by One World, 2005
Hardcover
First printing
411 pages
9.5x6.5 inches

Book and dust jacket in Near Fine condition. Comes in removable protective Brodart mylar cover.

“Mr. Bogle continues to be our most noted black-cinema historian.”—Spike Lee

In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells-for the first time-the story of a place both mythic and real: Black Hollywood. Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them. Through interviews and the personal recollections of Hollywood luminaries, Bogle pieces together a remarkable history that remains largely obscure to this day. We discover that Black Hollywood was a place distinct from the studio-system-dominated Tinseltown-a world unto itself, with unique rules and social hierarchy. It had its own talent scouts and media, its own watering holes, elegant hotels, and fashionable nightspots, and of course its own glamorous and brilliant personalities.