#027: "DONA DRAKE: WHAT PRICE FAME?"
- Podcast Episode
- 2024
Latina star DONA DRAKE, who signed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1941, was many things - singer, dancer, actress, bandleader, musician - but one thing she wasn't, as it turned out, w... Read allLatina star DONA DRAKE, who signed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1941, was many things - singer, dancer, actress, bandleader, musician - but one thing she wasn't, as it turned out, was Latin. While Paramount promoted their new discovery as a spitfire Latina born in Mexico... Read allLatina star DONA DRAKE, who signed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1941, was many things - singer, dancer, actress, bandleader, musician - but one thing she wasn't, as it turned out, was Latin. While Paramount promoted their new discovery as a spitfire Latina born in Mexico City, Drake was, in fact, an African-American woman from Florida who pretended to be Lati... Read all