Heat Wave

<p>Mr. Bogle continues to be our most noted black-cinema historian.<br />--Spike Lee</p><p>Donald Bogle [is a] pioneering safe-keeper of the history of blacks in film.<br />--<em>Vogue</em></p><p>From Donald Bogle author of the bestselling <em>Dorothy Dandridge</em> and <em>Toms Coons Mulattos Mammies and Bucks</em> a groundbreaking history of African American portrayals in Hollywood comes the long-awaited definitive biography of one of America's brightest and most troubled theatrical stars: actress and singer Ethel Waters. In <em>Heat Wave</em> <em> </em>Bogle explores Waters' relationships with other performing greats including Lena Horne Count Basie Vincent Minnelli and many others and paints a vivid deeply human portrait of this legendary performer--a must-read for any fan of jazz blues and classic American cinema.<br /></p>