Lena Horne: A Trailblazing Star

The multi-talented star Lena Horne talked with our Head Researcher in 1995 about her historic career as the second Black actress to be under contract by MGM. Horne discusses her career as a singer, her hesitations with going into the movie business, her friendship with Vincente Minnelli, Ava Gardner and Paul Robeson and how feeling isolated in Hollywood affected her passion when singing "Stormy Weather."

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