Draft:Sherman H. Dudley Jr.

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Is the full name Sherman Harry Dudley? Sherman Houston Dudley?

Sherman H. Dudley Jr. (August 10, 1904 - June 6, 1974) was an actor, director, and producer. His acting includes starring roles in REOL Productions films.

He was the son of performer and theater manager Sherman H. Dudley.[1][2] He worked in France.[3] In 1945 he was holding tryout rehearsals for George D. Floyd's "Florida Blossoms"[4] (Original Florida Blossom Minstrels).[5]

Filmography[edit]

IT APPEARS HIS FATHER IS THE ONE WHO STARRED IN THESE

Theater[edit]

  • Joe Campuche and Cleo Mitchell Company[8]
  • Shufflin Sam (1926)[9]
  • Ebony Follies (1928), director and performer[10]
  • It's a Plenty (1929)[10]*Revue Noire, Hot Stuff, co-produced with E. C. Newton (Eugene Newton) husband of Dolores Ford[3]
  • Broadway Rastus, performer[10]
  • Silas Green from New Orleans, stage manager in the 1930s[10]
  • Hot Pepper with the Harlem Hot Shots (1934)[11][12]
  • Revue at the Harlem Night Club, arranged by Count Basie[13]
  • Rabbit Foot's Vaudeville Show (1958) in Monroe, Louisiana[14]
  • Harlem Tropicana (1940s) starring Louis Jordan at Club Bali, "staged and conceived by"[15]
  • Figgity Feet[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Abbott, Lynn; Seroff, Doug (September 17, 2009). Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, "Coon Songs," and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496800305 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Scott, Michelle R. (February 28, 2023). T.O.B.A. Time: Black Vaudeville and the Theater Owners' Booking Association in Jazz-Age America. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252054037 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b Shack, William A. (September 4, 2001). Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520225374 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (March 3, 1945). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "Billboard" – via books.google.com.
  6. ^ Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). "African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography". McFarland – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Easy Money (1922) [Lost Film]".
  8. ^ Sampson, Henry T. (October 30, 2013). "Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Abbott, Lynn; Seroff, Doug (February 27, 2017). The Original Blues: The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496810052 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ a b c d Jr, Bernard L. Peterson (October 25, 1993). A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, Or Involving African Americans. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313266577 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Daniels, Douglas H. (15 February 2007). One O'Clock Jump. ISBN 9780807071373 – via books.google.com.
  12. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (June 16, 1956). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  13. ^ Driggs, Frank; Haddix, Chuck (2006). Kansas City Jazz. ISBN 978-0-19-530712-2 – via books.google.com.
  14. ^ "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company. 27 March 1958 – via books.google.com.
  15. ^ Williams, Paul Kelsey (2002). Greater U Street. ISBN 9780738514239 – via books.google.com.
  16. ^ Osofsky, Gilbert (1968). "Harlem" – via books.google.com.
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