Byline: Constance Cherise

She played Carnegie Hall, was an outspoken civil rights advocate, had a 15-year high profile marriage with the first black New York City councilman and prominent boisterous civil rights activist Adam Clayton Powell and her hands were insured by Lloyds of London. Her fans included icons the likes of Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and Nat King Cole, to name a few, yet when In 2019 Alicia Keys hosted the Grammys, and performed on two pianos simultaneously, when she acknowledged Hazel Scott, the crowd barely reacted. 

“Versailles represents the apogee of classic French culture. It was the most glorious building in their history, and for women who were possibly descendants of slaves to be the stars in this magnificent gilded chateau…”

How do you capture the hustle and bustle, grandiosity, whimsy, and l’amour that is Paris? George Gershwin’s “American in Paris,” that’s how. 

To grasp the buzz surrounding this film you should know who Garland is. If you are unfamiliar or do not understand her pure genius, learn a bit of her background, and watch a video or two of her performances, before seeing the film, or simply, read on. 

Say hello to Dolly once again at a theater near you on Aug. 14.

‘My Fair Lady,’ a delightful classic film worthy of a laid-back Sunday afternoon.

Doris Day was the all-American beauty girl next door, but her idealized movie roles were a sharp contrast to the marital and financial woes she would endure.

Send everyone in the house out of the house. Turn off your phone. Purchase your favorite wine. Order your favorite take-out. Put on your fuzzy slippers. Watch “Cleopatra” and feel like the queen you are. Take a tip from Elizabeth Taylor and enjoy your special day without apology.