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Williams (1893-1969) was a large, boisterous actor-singer best known for playing Andy Brown in the early-50s TV series "Amos 'n' Andy." In early-talkies Hollywood he had worked as a sound technician for Christy Studios, helped write a series of black-cast shorts based on the stories...
The Internet Movie Database identifies Herb Jeffries as being of "Ethiopian-French Canadian-Italian & Irish descent," and notes that one of his five wives was the stripper Tempest Storm. Jeffries was a mellow baritone; he had sung with Cab Calloway. On screen, as Herbert Jeffrey, he became the smoothest cowboy...
Although the managers take some liberty in their interpretations, they can never escape from the Abercrombie home base. In the end, the president of the company maintains ultimate control. When Abercrombie President Michael Jeffries visited the Fanuiel Hall chain, employees primped their store and their look for three days in...
Gap peddles clothes, but Abercrombie & Fitch sells a technicolor teen lifestyle--one of the reasons it is the brand of the moment. At A&F headquarters near Columbus, Ohio, retailing has become akin to moviemaking. The theme is popularity, and it's packaged, marketed and playing at a mall near...
It's not what you'd expect from a 108-year-old company that worshipped Wasp culture and outfitted Teddy Roosevelt's safaris. The Limited bought the once bankrupt company in 1988, then jettisoned it to shareholders in 1998. The youthful Jeffries, 55, resuscitated Abercrombie by preserving its East Coast...