Betty Chantel


Betty Chantel

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lascasartoris: “Bertye Lou Wood in her 1st professional dance job in 1928, poses to the left of dance director Addison Cary.” Bertye Lou was a Dance Captain at the Apollo Theatre in the 1930s and one of the leaders of the Apollo Theatre Chorus Girl Strike in 1934, that successfully campaigned for better wages and established the AGVA (American Guild for Variety Artists). Bertye Lou was featured in the 2006 documentary Been Rich All My Life. The documentary follows the lives of the Silver Bells, ladies aged 84-96 who were Harlem showgirls in the heyday of 1930’s clubs.

lascasartoris:

“Bertye Lou Wood in her 1st professional dance job in 1928, poses to the left of dance director Addison Cary.”

Bertye Lou was a Dance Captain at the Apollo Theatre in the 1930s and one of the leaders of the Apollo Theatre Chorus Girl Strike in 1934, that successfully campaigned for better wages and established the AGVA (American Guild for Variety Artists).

Bertye Lou was featured in the 2006 documentary Been Rich All My Life. The documentary follows the lives of the Silver Bells, ladies aged 84-96 who were Harlem showgirls in the heyday of 1930’s clubs.

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Filed under Bertye Lou Wood 1930s dancer chorine new york Harlem Harlem Renaissance Cotton Club Apollo Theatre Strike 1934 American Guild of Variety Artists african-american chorus girls video Been Rich All My Life

18 notes

lascasartoris: “Bertye Lou Wood in her 1st professional dance job in 1928, poses to the left of dance director Addison Cary.” Bertye Lou was a Dance Captain at the Apollo Theatre in the 1930s and one of the leaders of the Apollo Theatre Chorus Girls Strike in 1934, that successfully campaigned for better wages and established the AGVA (American Guild for Variety Artists). Bertye Lou was featured in the 2006 documentary Been Rich All My Life. The documentary follows the lives of the Silver Bells, ladies aged 84-96 who were Harlem showgirls in the heyday of 1930’s clubs.

lascasartoris:

“Bertye Lou Wood in her 1st professional dance job in 1928, poses to the left of dance director Addison Cary.”

Bertye Lou was a Dance Captain at the Apollo Theatre in the 1930s and one of the leaders of the Apollo Theatre Chorus Girls Strike in 1934, that successfully campaigned for better wages and established the AGVA (American Guild for Variety Artists).

Bertye Lou was featured in the 2006 documentary Been Rich All My Life. The documentary follows the lives of the Silver Bells, ladies aged 84-96 who were Harlem showgirls in the heyday of 1930’s clubs.

Filed under Bertye Lou Wood 1930s dancer chorine new york Harlem Harlem Renaissance Cotton Club Apollo Theatre Strike 1934 American Guild of Variety Artists african-american chorus girls video Been Rich All My Life