Summary

Lena Horne Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the films Cabin in the Sky and Stormy Weather Due to the Red Scare and her left-leaning political views, Horne found herself blacklisted and unable to get work in Hollywood

Source Global Image Works
Title: The Dick Cavett Show (PBS)
Date: 10/15/1981
Description: Lena Horne Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the films Cabin in the Sky and Stormy Weather Due to the Red Scare and her left-leaning political views, Horne found herself blacklisted and unable to get work in Hollywood
Clip ID: 8747_001
Length: 30
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