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Show ywnfgf'niyuiym yny ry y"yy ? v rrfvrv t 'yir,rwy yr"yMriy'VTl,lwv,ivT"Tj rvvipvyv'tm v The Salt Lake Tribune, Friday, March 31 , 1978 F rry y yyy. jfr Black Actress Fought Stereotypes By Angela Noel that was most painful was that black people in those days didnt know what 1 was doing. She was honored at the fifth annual Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame at the Paramount Theater here recently. The inductees, selected around the theme, The Black Musical Presence in Cinema, included Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and Benny Carter. Nat King Cole, actress Nina Mae McKin Associated Press Writer OAKLAND, Calif. In 1943, a black starlet shocked Hollywood when she refused to perform because black women ex- tras weren't dressed properly. Filming was halted for days, but the costumes were changed. Gifted musician Hazel Scott, now 57 but still feisty, said her stand on the set of The Heat's On" brought a bright future in motion pictures to a and dancer Bill Robinson Bojangles ney were recognized posthumously. 1 never thought it this kind would come of recognition from my people," Ms. Scott said. "When you do something, you do it because you believe it. Taking the rap for her beliefs became a kind of secret trademark for the pianist. She and the late Adam d scarves that were frequent attire for black women in films of the day Clayton Powell Jr., the flamboyant Harlem congressman to whom she was married dumg the late '40s, adamantly defied Americas racial restrictions. She said Powell drew up a clause in her contracts in which she refused to perform before segregated audiences. The contracts also demanded she play dignified roles and never have to wear demeaning the Aunt headrags" Jemima took the stance there are other people in our race that are never seen on the screen. Other people She because than maids, butlers, grooms and domestics. It was a matter of my personal choice and 1 was alone in it ... 1 never submitted to conclusion. jarring "I went on strike until black women were properly dressed, she said in an interview here. It was said, Shell never make another picture . . They stopped my career with this film. Ms. Scott, still a striking figure, said she was one other in film, "Rhapsody in Blue, a year later, because it was already under contract when the dispute broke out. "It's like smoke the white ball is like smoke," she said of the lingering effects of the controversy. The thing 16a I vi gddS ACADEMY AWARD NOM1NEF OUR VERY SPECIAL AND FUNNY MOTION PICTURE A KAV MAKK PHODU'iklN ( A HUtHlJfl W)ss HIM txriusivfN 10HN DENVER SHOWS.7:15 9:15 GEORGE BURNS 65 1. Broadway 0PM U48 Lit Sophia loran Suit Lancirtar n CsuiUM (Y SHOWS 7:30 MSSft A. 9:30 THE CASSANDRA CROSSING" R plus Michael Sarazin Lives i of & Times Scaramouche" "HANDLE WITH CARE a "Overture" short: 7:00, 9:15 moue blue 260 W E. 1st South, 2 ta The Gauntlet iVmjxriTTTTiX OoiV-itnnlV- m. SLfiEEZE - U. t WuM 7H47M Shows 7:15, 9:15 1 HEROES :l' :m'Kirm7. (T) bi M V i nmtarr C qB? EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT SHOWS TODAY AT 8.10:00 5:30-7:4- 5 MATINEES SATURDAY K SEATS $1.00 MR. BILLION ALL i i i ' Matinee 12 & 2 p.., Mountain Man Setunlay w-- w w 8. SUNDAY rrw i T' University Mall. Orem Downtown. Salt Lake Autograph Party Friday. March 31st. 9 p.m. Autograph Party Friday. March 31st. of Could You Use A Janice T. Dixon. authors of Dora 7-- 9 p.m. Karine Eliason. Nevada Harward & Madaline Westover authors of i lit m pam inns Darlene Merrill author 7-- Make-A-Mi- Cookery x Little Help B. Flack Preserving Your Past Ladies Night Ladies Night Saturday. April 1st Saturday. April 1st. 7-- 9 p.m. 7-- 9 p.m. Hostess: author tm.1 ft of Putting Life Into Your Life Story Sol Make-A-Mi- Judge Homework T. Dixon Preserving Your Past Cookery ...Catch it YOt.i Autograph Party Friday. March 31st. Darlene Merrill author H. of Dora D. Flack authors of Cottonwood Mall Could UFA VI Janice of x author i Karine Eliason. Nevada Harward & Madeline Westover authors Hostess: Vira ' Elaine Cannon 2-- 4 p.m. PARAMOUNT PICTURES PRESENTS A ROBERT ST1GWOOD PRODUCTION )OHN TRAVOLTA KAREN LYNN CORNLY SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER Based upon a story by NIK COHN Screenplay by NORMAN WEXLER Directed by OHN BADHAM Executive Producer KEVIN McCORMICK Produced by ROBERT STIGWOOD Original music written and performed by the BEE GEES Soundtrack album available on RSO Records Read tht Bantam Paperback Paramount Pttiu't A of Could You Use OLYMPUS DRIVE-I5600 3. 900 E. 262 5535 Open, at 6.30 A Little Help? CO-HI- i FIRST LOVE VALLEY 3601 S. FAIR 2700 Show, at 7.00, 9:15 4 W. 177 CENTURY E. 3300 i Show, at 7:30. 9:45 |
