Donald Bogle

author of Ethel Waters bio

Donald Bogle appears in the following:

'Black Women' Film Series

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Film historian Donald Bogle on his new series at Film Forum. 

Comment

The Life and Career of Ethel Waters

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Donald Bogle discusses singer and actress Ethel Waters, and sheds a new light on her tumultuous seven-decade career, which began in Black vaudeville and reached its pinnacle in the nightclubs of 1920s Harlem. Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters traces her rise in show business, singing the hit songs "Am I Blue?," "Stormy Weather," and "Heat Wave"; her success as an actress, her feuds with famous women, and her tangled relationships with famous men.

Comments [4]