Dona Drake’s Hollywood career was built on a hidden identity
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When Dona Drake made her feature-film debut in Strike Me Pink, she entered a Hollywood that offered almost no space for openly Black performers. Born Eunice Westmoreland in Miami, Drake was African American. But in the rigid studio system of the 1930s–50s, her light skin meant something else to executives: marketability — if her identity ...
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Dona Drake and Eddie Cantor performing ''The Lady Dances'' in “Strike Me Pink” (1936), a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, starring Eddie Cantor and Ethel Merman, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. | I'm Old Fashioned - Vintage Everyday
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Dona Drake and Eddie Cantor performing ''The Lady Dances'' in “Strike Me Pink” (1936), a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, starring Eddie Cantor and Ethel Merman, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. | I'm Old Fashioned - Vintage Everyday
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Dona Drake’s Hollywood career was built on a hidden identity
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hollywoodflashback on Instagram: "In the golden age of Hollywood, fame came with a dangerous price — truth. This short video uncovers the hidden life of Dona Drake, a talented actress who built a successful career in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s by hiding who she really was. Because of her light skin and features, studios allowed her to “pass” as non-Black in an era when African-American actors were almost completely excluded from major film roles. Hollywood publicity machines carefully erased her re
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