The Hidden History of Lena Horne and ‘Stormy Weather’
Men groped women on set and the director disliked Blacks, but what else is new?
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6 min readJul 21, 2020
Lena Horne’s honey-dripped vocals and dazzling stage presence is ingrained into the fabric of American popular culture. However, the truth is, the sensational entertainer was never truly a movie star — not really. Certainly, Horne’s velvet…
