Stormé: Lady of the Jewel Box

Stormé: Lady of the Jewel Box (1991)

May 7th, 19910h 21min

Documentary
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Overview

“It ain’t easy…being green” is the favorite expression of Stormé DeLarverie, a woman whose life flouted prescriptions of gender and race. During the 1950s and '60s she toured the black theater circuit as a mistress of ceremonies and the sole male impersonator of the legendary Jewel Box Revue, America’s first integrated female impersonation show and forerunner of La Cage aux Folles.


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