1927: Blue Skies
Gotta love Josephine Baker. She could sing and act and dance like gangbusters. Her career, which began in the ‘teens, didn’t take off until she got to France — but…
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1927: Costarring Clara Bow
The 1927 movie It was immediately a hit. It wasn’t the story — shopgirl falls for owner, is thwarted by misunderstandings, gets what she wants — so much as the…
1927: Do the Varsity Drag
The Broadway show Good News spawned the hit song The Varsity Drag. This version was recorded by George Olsen and his Music in August of 1927 with baritone Fran Frey…
