(MUSIC) LESLIE LEW Lew Leslies Black birds of 1935

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(MUSIC.) LESLIE, LEW. Lew Leslie's Black birds of 1935. Color poster, 19-3/4 x 12-1/4 inches. London, 1935

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Lew Leslie's Blackbirds series of reviews were immensely popular through 1920's and 1930's. Although white, Lew Leslie was the first major impresario to present African American artists on the Broadway stage. He became famous for his stage shows at the Cotton Club and later for his Blackbirds revues. Blackbirds of 1928 starring Adelaide Hall, Bill Bojangles Robinson, Tim Moore and Aida Ward. was his most successful revue and ran for over 1 year on Broadway where it became the hit of the season. The present poster is from one of the Blackbirds overseas tours.