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For the season three finale of the Kindaris Pictures Podcast, Adrienne M. Warren (A.G. Marie) sat down with her mother to talk classic movies! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

In mid-April of 1939, The Afro American spent some time with The Dandridge Sisters (actual sisters, Vivian and Dorothy Dandridge, and friend, Etta Jones) after an engagement at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C.  Cited Article: "The Afro Cameraman Spends a Day with the Dandridge Sisters)" - The Afro American - Apr. 22, 1939 Kindaris Pictures Website --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

The "Roaring Twenties" was a period in which Black entertainers emerged as forces on the stage, in music, and on the screen. As we now know, talent didn't always grant fair or even kind treatment. Black performers that thought they'd gotten their big breaks on the American stage, screen, or radio, found themselves fleeing to Europe for better treatment and better opportunities by the 1930s. Hollywood's first Black Leading Lady, Nina Mae McKinney, was one of them. In this episode, "A.G. Marie" shares news of Nina Mae McKinney's sixteen-week tour of Europe in 1936. She'd made Paris her home just a few years after the release of HALLELUJAH (1929). Her life and career were split between the United States and various European countries until she finally returned to New York in 1960. Believed to have become a domestic worker in her final years, Nina Mae McKinney died of a heart attack on May 3, 1967. She was 54 years old.  Cited Article: "Bye Bye" - The Afro American (Mar. 28, 1936) - scroll downward and left --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

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Cabin in the Sky is now mostly loved as an iconic work in Black Cinema history. At the time of its release, however, not everyone felt so fondly about it. Cited Article: "Term "Cabin" Film Downright Criminal" (The Afro American - Mar. 13, 1943) Kindaris Pictures website --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

Hear the sweet story of how Allen "Farina" Hoskins got his start in the film industry. Cited article: "At Home with Farina of "Our Gang" Fame" by Ruby Berkley Goodwin (Mar. 1, 1930) Kindaris Pictures Website --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

Do you know the name, Ollie Burgoyne? Coming up in the same American entertainment period of trailblazers like Bert Williams, George Walker, and Aida Overton Walker, Olga "Ollie" Burgoyne (despite my mispronunciation, the emphasis is on the 'goyne' - bur-GOYNE) appeared in at least one Hollywood film and is believed to have worked behind-the-scenes in others.  Hear her story on this episode of the Kindaris Pictures Podcast. Cited article: "Burgoyne with Paramount" - The Afro American (Feb. 14, 1931) - scroll up, then left Sources: Bluesy Daye on Flicker, Wikipedia, Playbill, and TCM --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

In 1940, The Afro American reported that sculptor, Augusta Savage, was commissioned to create a trophy for the Council for Better Negro Motion Pictures.  Cited article: "Augusta Savage to Make Trophy as Film Award" - The Afro American (Jan. 2, 1940) Kindaris Pictures website --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

In 1944, The Afro American newspaper reported that five movie companies had been accused of deleting footage of Black-American soldiers from overseas newsreels. Cited Article: "Movies Cut Troops" - The Afro American (Jan. 8, 1944) Kindaris Pictures Website --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

The Regal Theater in Durham, NC was one of many theaters opened specifically for African-Americans in the South. When the Regal opened its doors to moviegoers in 1930, it boasted a Western Electric sound system--making it the first "Negro" theater in the United States to have such powerful equipment. Source: "Open $50,000 Theater in North Carolina" - The Afro American - Dec. 27, 1930 References: Cinema Treasures, OpenDurham, And Justice For All, personal graduate research (2018) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

After they'd spent nearly a decade revitalizing the community, Black residents of the West Adams district in Los Angeles were at risk of being kicked out. Sources: "Pacts Are Held Unconstitutional" - The Afro American (Dec. 15, 1945) "The Thrill of Sugar Hill" - by Hadley Meares (Curbed - Los Angeles) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

In November of 1944, Lena Horne made a monumental guest appearance on "Suspense" a CBS radio series sponsored by Roma Wines. Referenced Article "Lena Shatters Precedent" (The Afro American - Nov. 25, 1944) "You Were Wonderful" (Suspense) - download it for yourself! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

In this episode, we get a small glimpse into Ethel Waters' home circa 1934. Referenced Article: A section in "New York Day by Day" by O.O. McIntyre in St. Petersburg Times (June 12. 1934). This episode was recorded in remembrance of Ethel Waters, who was born on October 31, 1896, in Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

Did you know that three of the stars of Cabin in the Sky were injured on set? Here the story straight from the October 31, 1942 issue of The Afro American. Newspaper Link (The Afro American - Google News Archive) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

This episode of the Kindaris Pictures Podcast revisits the news of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson being mistakenly shot by police in Pittsburgh, PA. Cited article: The Afro American - Oct. 11, 1930 Kindaris Pictures website DONATE/SUPPORT --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

In late September 1930, news outlets (including THE AFRO AMERICAN) announced the birth of Lincoln "Stepin Fetchit" Perry's firstborn.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

Paying tribute to Dorothy Morrison Green, child actress (and sister to Ernest "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison, Jr.). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

Thoughts on the censorship of Gone with the Wind (1939). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

Celebrating the life and career of actress, singer, and dancer, Vivian Dandridge.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support

Paying tribute to the jazz/classical pianist, Hazel Scott, and discussing the movie role that almost was... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kindarispicturespodcast/support