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American writer and producer (1888–1963)
Lew Leslie (born Lewis Lessinsky; April 15, 1888 – March 10, 1963) was a Jewish American writer and producer of Broadway shows. Leslie got his start in
Lew_Leslie
white producer and director Lew Leslie staged the first of a popular series of Blackbirds revues with an all-black cast. Leslie mounted a series of Blackbirds
African-American musical theater
African-American_musical_theater
Name list
Leslie (disambiguation), several people Jordan Leslie (born 1991), American football player Lawrie Leslie (1935–2019), Scottish footballer Lew Leslie
Leslie_(name)
Musical
known as Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1926 was a musical revue with an all African American cast created and produced by impresario Lew Leslie that starred
Blackbirds_of_1926
American actor (1887–1958)
accident, thus ending the act. Moore wrote sketches which became part of Lew Leslie's "Blackbirds" revues as well. In 1928, Moore took time off from his vaudeville
Tim_Moore_(comedian)
Musical
Man" all sung by Hall. Blackbirds of 1928 was the idea of impresario Lew Leslie, who planned to build the show around Florence Mills in New York City
Blackbirds_of_1928
American tap dancer (1912–1978)
minister. At eighteen years old, Bailey was discovered in New York by Lew Leslie and put in his production Blackbirds of 1930. After the production, he
Bill_Bailey_(dancer)
American harmonica player (1914–2001)
for pennies". From there, he was hired by Florenz Ziegfeld and then by Lew Leslie again as an urchin. He broke the typecasting and appeared in a dinner
Larry_Adler
1920s musical revue
capitalize on Plantation Revue (1922-23), the successful show staged by Lew Leslie. Beginning its inaugural run either in Chicago with Johnson as a principal
Plantation_Days
American singer and actress (1893–1957)
Yiddish Theatre manager Jacob Adler. She was managed in vaudeville by Lew Leslie, who would become Baker's first husband. She made her vaudeville debut
Belle_Baker
1928 song by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields
Adelaide Hall at Les Ambassadeurs Club in New York in January 1928 in Lew Leslie's Blackbird Revue, which opened on Broadway later that year as the highly
I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby
I_Can't_Give_You_Anything_but_Love,_Baby
American cabaret singer, dancer, and comedian (1896–1927)
credited Shuffle Along with launching her career. After Shuffle Along, Lew Leslie, a white promoter, hired Mills and Thompson to appear nightly at the Plantation
Florence_Mills
Census-designated place in New York, United States
Village - 26 Orangeburg Road Veterans Memorial Park Zita Johann, actress. Lew Leslie, Broadway writer and producer. George Worth, born Gyorgy Woittitz (1915–2006)
Orangeburg,_New_York
American blues singer and vaudeville performer (1896–1981)
Owners Booking Association (TOBA) circuit. In 1922, Broadway producer Lew Leslie caught a performance by Wilson with Dunn and the Jazz Hounds in one of
Edith_Wilson_(singer)
American-British jazz singer and actor (1901–1993)
Bojangles into household names. Blackbirds of 1928 was the idea of impresario Lew Leslie, who planned to build the show around Florence Mills in New York after
Adelaide_Hall
1930 song by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields
sold the rights to the song. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Lew Leslie's International Revue starring Harry Richman and Gertrude Lawrence. Ted
On the Sunny Side of the Street
On_the_Sunny_Side_of_the_Street
British talent agent (1916–1979)
Grade Organisation (also known as Lew and Leslie Grade Ltd) with his elder brother, the impresario and producer Lew Grade (1906–98). During the 1940s
Leslie_Grade
British media proprietor (1906–1998)
having been terminated, Grade formed a partnership with his brother Leslie (Lew and Leslie Grade Ltd., or the Grade Organisation). That year, the brothers
Lew_Grade
American dancer and actor (1878–1949)
shoes, handcrafted by a Chicago craftsman. In 1928, a white impresario, Lew Leslie, produced Blackbirds of 1928 on Broadway, a black revue for white audiences
Bill_Robinson
Musical by Various
1933 is a musical revue with a book by Nat N. Dorfman, Mann Holiner, and Lew Leslie. It is a sequel to Blackbirds of 1928. The original production premiered
Blackbirds_of_1933
Jazz club in New York City
"I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and "Diga Diga Doo", produced by Lew Leslie on Broadway. In 1934, Hall starred in the "Cotton Club Parade 1934", the
Cotton_Club
Dance
Bottom", written by the songwriting team of Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown and published by Harms Inc. of New York. The Henderson, Brown & DeSylva
Black_Bottom_(dance)
Former café-concert in Paris, France
Baker in the Revue Nègre in 1925, in May 1926 Les Ambassadeurs imported Lew Leslie's Blackbirds featuring Florence Mills, Edith Wilson, Johnny Hudgins and
Café_des_Ambassadeurs
Name list
writer, and editor Lew Leslie (1888–1963), American theater writer and producer Lew Lewis, English harmonica player and vocalist Lew Meehan (1890–1951)
Lew_(given_name)
1920s musical revue
Plantation Revue was a 1922 revue put together by Lew Leslie, featuring some of the more popular musical numbers and comedy acts that he had hired at Harlem's
Plantation_Revue
1930 song by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields
introduced by Harry Richman and Gertrude Lawrence in the 1930 Broadway show Lew Leslie's International Revue which also featured McHugh and Fields's "On the Sunny
Exactly_Like_You_(song)
American jazz musician (1904–1956)
band and had a prominent role in the show, which had been designed by Lew Leslie to feature Snow. However, the show's credits did not reflect her role
Valaida_Snow
1933 American popular song
Washington and Joe Young. The song was included in the London production of Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1934. A recording of "A Hundred Years from Today" by Ethel
A_Hundred_Years_from_Today
American actor and dancer
performers like Duke Ellington. They collaborated on several projects with Lew Leslie, a writer and producer of Broadway shows, starring in his revue Blackbirds
James_Berry_(entertainer)
American vaudeville performer (1896-1990)
was also in the unsuccesful Lucky Sambo show. In 1926, Hudgins joined Lew Leslie's Blackbirds. After a tryout at The Harlem Alhambra, the Blackbirds moved
Johnny_Hudgins
American actress (1894–1950)
York, on January 3, 1950. She was introduced to the vaudeville stage by Lew Leslie, who gave her the stage name of Aunt Jemima. She appeared at the Palace
Tess_Gardella
County in New York, United States
Olivier Leander Tomarkin Leib Tropper Leonidas Hubbard Leonidas Hubbard Jr Lew Leslie Lipa Schmeltzer Lori Barbero Lotte Lenya Lucy Grealy Macduff Everton Marc
Rockland_County,_New_York
American actress (1912–1967)
musician James "Jimmy" Monroe. They divorced in 1938. In January 1928, Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Revue played at Les Ambassadeurs Club. McKinney probably joined
Nina_Mae_McKinney
Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York
"Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Broadway @ Royale Theatre". Playbill. Retrieved November 19, 2021. The Broadway League (October 22, 1930). "Lew Leslie's Blackbirds
Bernard_B._Jacobs_Theatre
American musical theatre and film actress (1901–1968)
her teens, when they both were performing in the Broadway production Lew Leslie's Blackbirds. They had no children and eventually were divorced. In her
Juanita_Hall
Musical artist
notice as a singer in 1922, in the chorus of Plantation Revue, produced by Lew Leslie and starring Florence Mills. The following year, she traveled to England
Gladys_Bryant
Cabaret in Paris, France
into an ultra-modern Night Club. From June to August 1929, the revue Lew Leslie's Blackbirds, featuring jazz singer and Broadway star Adelaide Hall, along
Moulin_Rouge
Blackbirds of 1939 was an African-American musical revue in Lew Leslie's series of Blackbirds productions. It was the last revue, following on from Blackbirds
Blackbirds_of_1939
American jazz singer (1916–1984)
the Gus Edwards revue Future Stars Troupe at the Palace Theater and Lew Leslie's Clowns in Clover. On Broadway she performed in George White's revues
Ina_Ray_Hutton
American songwriter (1894–1969)
soon to follow, including 1930's "On the Sunny Side of the Street" for Lew Leslie's International Revue, which also contained the favorite "Exactly Like
Jimmy_McHugh
Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York
productions at the revived Hudson were The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) and Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939. The Emigrant Savings Bank owned the revived theater
Hudson_Theatre
American comedian, singer and dancer (1888–1990)
Along. They also worked together at the Plantation Club as members of Lew Leslie's Plantation Revue, which starred Mills. Traveling to London, they performed
Ulysses_"Slow_Kid"_Thompson
American Lindy hop dancer (1919–2019)
featuring Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. Swingin' The Dream, 1939, dancer Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939, 1939, dancer Run, Little Chillun, 1943, dancer In
Norma_Miller
American television series
Elizabeth Van Lew in Richmond, Virginia during the American Civil War. Mary-Louise Parker as Eliza Van Lew/Baker Daisy Head as Elizabeth Van Lew Paul Anderson
The_Gray_House_(TV_series)
American vocalist and actress (1896–1977)
Bound (1927) Africana (1927) The Ethel Waters Broadway Revue (1928) Lew Leslie's Blackbirds (1930) Rhapsody in Black (1931) Broadway to Harlem (1932)
Ethel_Waters
Song
in a Broadway revue titled Rhapsody in Black. The review, produced by Lew Leslie, was similar to the famous Blackbirds reviews of the late 1920s and 1930s
Until the Real Thing Comes Along
Until_the_Real_Thing_Comes_Along
Laurie 1953, p. 45 Slide 1994, p. 121 Knapp, Margaret M, "Joseph Weber and Lew Fields", in Banham 1995, pp. 1188–89 Slide 1994, pp. 542–43 Slide 1994, pp
List of vaudeville performers: L–Z
List_of_vaudeville_performers:_L–Z
2005, p. 378 Laurie 1953, p. 198 Slide 1994, pp. 128–9 Senelick, Laurence, "Lew Dockstader", in Banham 1995, p. 298 Laurie 1953, p. 150 Polzine, Bobby (April
List of vaudeville performers: A–K
List_of_vaudeville_performers:_A–K
American Negro Ballet joined Von Grona's group and were featured dancers in Lew Leslie’s Blackbird of 1939, an all-black production starring Lena Horne and choreography
American_Negro_Ballet_Company
American performer and nightclub owner
Blake rebounded by joining the Broadway cast of the 1930 version of Lew Leslie's Blackbirds musical revue series. Jones portrayed the stereotype Sambo
Broadway_Jones_(performer)
1933 song
solo as that of a "consummate swing artist". The song later appeared in Lew Leslie's revue Blackbirds of 1934. In a 1956 interview with Willis Conover for
Your_Mother's_Son-In-Law
American dancer, musician, and actor (1902–1986)
They also played at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. They appeared in Lew Leslie's Blackbirds in 1930 at the Royale Theatre. This was followed by performances
John_W._Bubbles
You" was sung by Harry Richman and Gertrude Lawrence in Broadway show Lew Leslie's International Revue. It was composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Dorothy
List_of_1930s_jazz_standards
American prime-time soap opera
to Lew that another young man is the actual father. We learn Lew was involved in a hit-and-run accident in New York that left someone in a coma. Lew surprises
Peyton_Place_(TV_series)
Theaters associated with the Harlem Renaissance
1926. It was a six-week engagement musical revue that was produced by Lew Leslie to show off the talents of Florence Mills. The show that followed, Blackbirds
Theater companies of the Harlem Renaissance
Theater_companies_of_the_Harlem_Renaissance
1930 popular song
1930. The song was introduced by singer Minto Cato in the Broadway show Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1930. A 1930 version recorded by Louis Armstrong featuring
Memories_of_You
American lyricist (1900–1993)
Mercer Award. Continental Varieties (1935) - revue - featured lyricist Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939 (1939) - revue - performer Earl Carroll's Vanities
Mitchell_Parish
All-Black hit Broadway show, 1920s and '30s
opened on Broadway between 1921 and 1924.[citation needed] In 1928, Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1928, starring Adelaide Hall and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Shuffle_Along
Canadian-American composer of popular music and jazz (1886–1975)
starred in several 1920s musical comedies. He appeared in the cast of Lew Leslie's Plantation Revue, which was opened in 1922. After the sudden death of
Shelton_Brooks
American jazz guitarist and R&B singer
Webb to hire singer Ella Fitzgerald. He went on tour in England with Lew Leslie's Blackbirds revue. Returning to the US, he replaced Webb in 1935 as bandleader
Bardu_Ali
Theater in Manhattan, New York (1914–1994)
Archived from the original on October 8, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022. "Lew Leslie Does His Bit". The New York Times. May 5, 1931. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived
Sam_H._Harris_Theatre
1950 film directed by Lew Landers
drama film directed by Lew Landers and starring Joyce Reynolds, Ross Ford, Kasey Rogers, Julia Dean, Thurston Hall, and Leslie Banning. The film was released
Girls'_School_(1950_film)
American classical composer (1873–1954)
also featuring Dooley Wilson and Canada Lee. The London production of Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1936 engaged Johnson as musical director. During the 1930s
J._Rosamond_Johnson
American comedian
Actors Guild of America. Harrington was one of the featured comics in Lew Leslie's Broadway production of Blackbirds of 1939, which starred Lena Horne and
Hamtree_Harrington
of Fame in 2005. "Exactly Like You" is a song from the Broadway show Lew Leslie's International Revue, composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Dorothy
1930s_in_jazz
British theatrical impresario and media proprietor (1909–1994)
impresario and media proprietor. He was the brother of fellow impresarios Lew and Leslie Grade, and was a prominent figure in British entertainment during the
Bernard_Delfont
American dancer (1907–1994)
performed with Florence Mills as part of the cast of Blackbirds, a revue by Lew Leslie. She dated the saxophone player Joe Hayman. Louis Douglas had arranged
Evelyn_Anderson_(dancer)
American dancer
Cleo Hayes and others. In 1939 Boisseau performed as dancing chorus in Lew Leslie’s Blackbirds of 1939 in Broadway Hudson Theatre. The same year she was
Juanita_Boisseau
American entertainer and playwright (1885–1971)
They split up the act in 1928, while Miller worked with Eubie Blake in Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1930 on Broadway. Miller and Lyles later reunited to perform
Flournoy_Miller
American-born entertainer and actress (1903–1948)
of the Florence Mills Plantation Revue. The following summer, director Lew Leslie took the revue to London as From Dixie to Dover Street. The show returned
Ruth_Virginia_Bayton
American actress (1882–1934)
Bronze Buddies. After her husband was engaged as the star comedian of Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1928, Gertie only occasionally appeared on the stage. She
Gertie_Brown
Adelaide Hall at Les Ambassadeurs Club in New York in January 1928 in Lew Leslie's Blackbird Revue, which opened on Broadway later that year as the highly
List_of_1920s_jazz_standards
American tap dancer (1890–1963)
Robinson threatened to sue the producer of Blackbirds, Lew Leslie. Stating that he declined to give Leslie permission to use the dance abroad, Robinson sent
Eddie_Rector
American jazz trumpeter and composer (1906–1935)
in the 1920s, where he continued to work with Morton, before joining Lew Leslie's Blackbirds revue for a tour of Europe. After the show's run he remained
Edwin_Swayze
American actress
1963 – Mattie Morningside Porgy and Bess – original and 1942 revival Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939 Roll, Sweet Chariot – 1934 Run, Little Chillun – 1933
Rosalie_King
American jazz trombonist and vocalist (1898–1976)
him stateside when they returned in 1927. Late in the 1920s he joined Lew Leslie's Blackbirds show, which toured London and Paris toward the end of the
Herb_Flemming
American singer
Myers in 1918 and 1919. Broadway appearances by Uggams included roles in Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1928 (1928-1929, 1934), and Rhapsody in Black (1931), The
Eloise_C._Uggams
British-American musician of the early jazz era (1885-1965)
Within a few months of Adolph's death, Sadie sailed to New York City with Lew Leslie's ‘Blackbirds’ and it was in the United States that she thereafter settled
Sadie_Crawford
American blues singer and pianist (1894–1940)
1928–1929, Jones appeared with Bill Robinson in the Broadway production of Lew Leslie's revue Blackbirds of 1928, which toured the United States and Canada.
Maggie_Jones_(blues_musician)
Adelaide Hall at Les Ambassedeurs Club, Broadway, January 1928 in the revue Lew Leslie's Blackbird Revue and in May at the Liberty Theatre, Broadway in Blackbirds
1928_in_music
English theatrical producer (1872–1951)
performances after which a revised version was presented. In 1926 he booked Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1926 revue with an all-black cast, including Florence Mills
Charles_B._Cochran
Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York
Johann Strauss. The Majestic hosted several operettas in the early 1930s. Lew Leslie's International Revue with Gertrude Lawrence, Harry Richman, and Jack Pearl
Majestic_Theatre_(Broadway)
Musical artist and Great American Songbook lyricist (1893–1958)
OCLC 16992118 Albert Von Tilzer and Lew Brown. "I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town". New York: The York Music Co., 1912. Edgar Leslie and Lew Brown. "They Start in to
Lew_Brown
Characters from the Muppets franchise
marriage during Miss Piggy's "wedding sketch." In the "Leslie Uggams" episode, Lew Zealand told Leslie how to be a great boomerang fish thrower by saying
List_of_Muppets
Broadway review in 1927
and Dorothy Fields was cut before the opening. It was later used for Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1928. "Harry Delmar's Revels – Broadway Musical – Original
Harry_Delmar's_Revels
1963 studio album by Andy Williams
Don Robertson) – 2:54 "Exactly Like You" from the 1930 Broadway show Lew Leslie's International Revue (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 1:59 "May Each Day"
Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests
Days_of_Wine_and_Roses_and_Other_TV_Requests
nationally known as a singer, and her voice was known everywhere. When Lew Leslie's Blackbirds was being formed, she was asked to be in it as a singing role
Alice_Gorgas
African-American actress, active between late 1920-1960s
City, where she attended Columbia University in 1929. During a visit to Lew Leslie's first rehearsal of Blackbirds of 1928, a friend of Burke's urged her
Georgia_Burke
1953 American fantasy television series
Robert Thomsen Directed by Richard L. Bare Leslie Goodwins James V. Kern Lew Landers Paul Landres Leslie H. Martinson Philip Rapp Starring Anne Jeffreys
Topper_(TV_series)
American singer
following year the group performed as a "specialty" feature in a revue, Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939, at the Hudson Theatre. Their act was influenced by
Doc_Sausage
Australian tennis player (1934–1994)
Hoad at World Tennis Lew Hoad at the International Tennis Hall of Fame Lew Hoad at the Davis Cup (archived) Lew Hoad at Wimbledon Lew Hoad at Tennis Australia
Lew_Hoad
American singer
the winter of 1928, Myrtle joined the cast of the second version of Lew Leslie's Blackbirds during the Boston auditions. She eventually met Eddie Thompson
Myrtle_Watkins
1920 film
starring Lew Cody, Louise Lovely, and Lila Leslie, and produced by Louis J. Gasnier. Lew Cody as Sedgewick Blynn Louise Lovely as Bessie Morgan Lila Leslie as
The_Butterfly_Man
1941 film directed by Lew Landers
The Stork Pays Off is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and starring Victor Jory, Rochelle Hudson, Maxie Rosenbloom, Horace McMahon
The_Stork_Pays_Off
1978 studio album by Mark Murphy
McGlohon) – 3:57 "Exactly Like You" (McHugh, Fields) – 1:57 Revue: Lew Leslie’s International Review 1930 "Alone Too Long" (Arthur Schwartz, Fields)
Mark Murphy Sings Mostly Dorothy Fields & Cy Coleman
Mark_Murphy_Sings_Mostly_Dorothy_Fields_&_Cy_Coleman
2008 Polish film
as Stephanie Singleton Julie Ann Emery as Leslie Taylor J.P. Davis as Randy Messarue Lew Temple as Pete Leslie Easterbrook as Betty Bill Moseley as Stewart
House_(2008_film)
American dancer (1916–2018)
tap dance at Emma Kemp's studio. Jones became a part of the chorus of Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1934 and went on to dance in London. When she completed
Ludie_Jones
1944 film directed by Lew Landers
Submarine is a 1944 American action film directed by Lew Landers and written by Griffin Jay and Leslie T. White. The film stars Tom Neal, Ann Savage, J.
Two-Man_Submarine
American actress (born 1960)
Swenson Kari Swenson Television film A Special Friendship Elizabeth Van Lew 1990 The Kennedys of Massachusetts Kathleen Kennedy Miniseries; main role
Tracy_Pollan
1956 film by David Miller
Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, and Ann Miller, with Leslie Nielsen, Jeff Richards, Agnes Moorehead, Charlotte Greenwood, Joan Blondell
The_Opposite_Sex
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