Rhythm For Sale
| File:Rhythm for Sale book cover.jpg Book cover – interior of The Nest Club (1920s) | |
| Author | Grant Harper Reid |
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Publication date | 2013 |
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| ISBN | 9780615678283 Search this book on  . |
Rhythm For Sale is a 2013 biography of performer, choreographer, and director Leonard Harper. It was written by Grant Harper Reid, Harper's grandson. It was self-published by Reid on CreateSpace. The revised edition was published on August 11, 2014.[1][2][3]
The book chronicles Harper's rise from a child performer to Broadway's top black theater director. In 1921 the Schubert Brothers signed Harper with his partner and future wife Osceola Blanks to be the first Black act to tour the all-white Schubert circuit of theaters. In 1923 Harper showcased his cabaret floorshows and black musical comedies in Harlem's Cotton Club and his mainstay Connie's Inn and the Lafayette Theater.
The book details how Harper and black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux created the first all-black talkie motion picture The Exile in 1931. It covers his appearances at Harlem's Apollo Theater. Rhythm For Sale explores the decline of Harper's career as his work became limited to small Harlem nightclubs. His 1943 death from a heart attack while rehearsing his Harperettes chorus line is covered, as is his funeral at the Abyssinian Baptist Church.
On February 21, 2018, Rhythm For Sale won the Mid-Manhattan NAACP Branch Founder's Day Black History Month Book Award Winner.[4][not in citation given]
References
- ↑ Hunt, L. Wilson (4 December 2014). "An Editorial Review of "Rhythm for Sale" by Grant Harper Reid, Ph.D."
- ↑ "RHYTHM FOR SALE by Grant Harper Reid - Kirkus Reviews".
- ↑ "Review of Rhythm for Sale". 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Mid-Manhattan NAACP Special Black History Month". The Positive Community. March 2, 2018.
External links
- Yvonne Delaney Mitchell. "Cosmopolitan Review: April 26 May 2". New York Amsterdam News.
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