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...STORMY WEATHER, the distinguished actor and dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson wandered down a cinematic memory lane to reacquaint himself and the audience with the many talented musicians, dancers and singers who shared his past. To the tune of its sultry title song by Lena Horne, the film successfully paraded the talents of famous Black entertainers and provided a classic history of Black images in American movies. But Stormy Weather never attempted to present the realities faced by Black entertainers in American show business; rather, it presented a mature Black actor, held dear by white and Black audiences, strolling down...

Author: By Eve M. Troutt, | Title: No Excuses | 10/27/1981 | See Source »

...resembles Lena Horne draped across a window singing Stormy Weather and paying tribute to a special era in Black history. Lena Horne is a lovely monument, but her affected pain was sometimes unconvincing, her song a false anthem to Black achievement. Unfortunately, Maya Angelou inherited Hollywood's trick vision. Her prose gets as misty as the camera did with Bill Bojangle's memories. Not much heart shows through in this book, despite all the tears

Author: By Eve M. Troutt, | Title: No Excuses | 10/27/1981 | See Source »

...Green--3-3 overall, out unbeaten in the Ivies--sandwiched two endzone blocked punt recoveries around a 44-yard Rich Lena scoring gallop to take a 21-0 first quarter lead. Maher added a similar 44-yard run to make the halftime score...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Bulldogs, Dartmouth Remain Undefeated | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

...certainly done so, with long runs and hot stars. A Chorus Line has formed 2,544 times since 1975, and an orphanage full of Annies has sung Tomorrow for 4½ years, eight shows a week. The Pirates of Penzance is the flagship in a fleet of lively revivals. Lena Home prowls the stage like a liberated tigress, purring and growling out a couple of dozen standards in a voice as supple and gorgeous as she is, and proving that Broadway still needs her when she's 64. Some shows have jettisoned the libretto and returned to basics: all singin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: ... And Another Boffo Season | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

...Green running back Sean Maher carried the ball just seven times but trundled for 71 yards, including first-half touchdown runs of 18 and 22 yards. Rich Lena accumulated 65 yards on 14 carries to support Maher on the ground...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Yale's Diana Punctures Brown Defense; Penn, Dartmouth Score Opening Wins | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

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