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Footlight Parade (1933) dir. Lloyd Bacon
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Let’s talk about ourselves. Very interesting.
Gary Cooper & Fredric March in Design for Living (1933) dir. Ernst Lubitsch
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Aida Overton: The Real Medda Larkin
This is Aida Overton Walker. She is the real life Medda Larkin.
Aida was a 19th Century Vaudeville actress who worked in New York and also provided haven to the “newsies” or news boys who had no place to stay.
Born in New York City on Valentine’s Day 1880, Aida Overton began her career while still a teenager as a chorus member of Black Patti’s Troubadours
While performing with the group, Aida met her future husband, prominent vaudeville performer George Walker.
After their marriage, Aida began working as a choreographer for his groundbreaking vaudevillian comedy duo Williams and Walker.
She also earned the nickname “The Queen of the Cakewalk,” after popularizing the dance of the same name.
Williams and Walker were one of the few all-black acts allowed to perform on white vaudeville stage.
While they did perform in black face, they refused to perform demeaning minstrel acts.
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Aida Overton Walker was a leading lady to the stage and the inspiration for Aisha De Has(Medda-Newsies Live) along with Mae West(I’ll do a bio on her soon!).
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So I hope you enjoyed learning abou the Queen of the Cakewalk herself!
Seize your Valentines Day!
With lots of love,
B
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“Something Good–Negro Kiss” 1898,
A Kiss in a 1898 Silent Film Is the Earliest Cinematic Depiction of Black Love,
Discovered by archivist Dino Everett and identified by scholar Allyson Field
The film will join the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry for its significance in American culture.