American cocktail : a "colored girl" in the world /
Reynolds, Anita Thompson Dickinson, 1901-1980.
American cocktail : a "colored girl" in the world / Anita Reynolds with Howard M. Miller ; edited and with introduction and notes by George Hutchinson ; foreword by Patricia Williams. - viii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
American cocktail -- Patricia Williams -- George Hutchinson -- George Hutchinson -- Foreword / by Introduction / by A note on the text / by Appendix 1: Publications by Anita Reynolds -- Appendix 2: Anita Reynolds's correspondence with family.
"Rollicking, never-before-published memoir of a fascinating woman with an uncanny knack for being in the right place in the most interesting times. Of racially mixed heritage, Anita Reynolds was proudly African American but often passed for Indian, Mexican, or Creole. Actress, dancer, model, literary critic, psychologist, but above all free-spirited provocateur, she was, as her Parisian friends nicknamed her, an "American cocktail." One of the first black stars of the silent era, she appeared in Hollywood movies with Rudolph Valentino, attended Charlie Chaplin's anarchist meetings, and studied dance with Ruth St. Denis. She moved to
Text in English.
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Harvard Univ Pr, C/O Triliteral Llc 100 Maple Ridge Dr, Cumbreland, RI, USA, 02864-1769, (401)6584226 SAN 631-8126
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Reynolds, Anita Thompson Dickinson, 1901-1980.
Reynolds, Anita Thompson Dickinson, 1901-1980.
African American women--Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
African American women entertainers--Biography.
African American psychologists--Biography.
African American psychologists.
African American women.
African American women entertainers.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
United States.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Narrative non-fiction.
E185.97.R49 / A3 2014
791.4302/8092 B
American cocktail : a "colored girl" in the world / Anita Reynolds with Howard M. Miller ; edited and with introduction and notes by George Hutchinson ; foreword by Patricia Williams. - viii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
American cocktail -- Patricia Williams -- George Hutchinson -- George Hutchinson -- Foreword / by Introduction / by A note on the text / by Appendix 1: Publications by Anita Reynolds -- Appendix 2: Anita Reynolds's correspondence with family.
"Rollicking, never-before-published memoir of a fascinating woman with an uncanny knack for being in the right place in the most interesting times. Of racially mixed heritage, Anita Reynolds was proudly African American but often passed for Indian, Mexican, or Creole. Actress, dancer, model, literary critic, psychologist, but above all free-spirited provocateur, she was, as her Parisian friends nicknamed her, an "American cocktail." One of the first black stars of the silent era, she appeared in Hollywood movies with Rudolph Valentino, attended Charlie Chaplin's anarchist meetings, and studied dance with Ruth St. Denis. She moved to
Text in English.
9780674073050 0674073053
Harvard Univ Pr, C/O Triliteral Llc 100 Maple Ridge Dr, Cumbreland, RI, USA, 02864-1769, (401)6584226 SAN 631-8126
2013032113
GBB401731 bnb
Reynolds, Anita Thompson Dickinson, 1901-1980.
Reynolds, Anita Thompson Dickinson, 1901-1980.
African American women--Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
African American women entertainers--Biography.
African American psychologists--Biography.
African American psychologists.
African American women.
African American women entertainers.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
United States.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Narrative non-fiction.
E185.97.R49 / A3 2014
791.4302/8092 B