Josephine Baker

Jazz Age in Paris
Josephine Baker

The CFCC (College of Central Florida) Webber Center
"Jazz Age in Paris, 1914 - 1940"
A Smithsonian Exhibit bringing this sensational era to life
September 16 - November 12, 2000

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Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975) was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, Zouzou (1934) or to become a world-famous entertainer. Baker refused to perform for segregated audiences in the United States and is noted for her contributions to the Civil Rights Movement.

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Astaire and Rogers

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Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899- June 22, 1987) and Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911- April 25, 1995) were iconic dance partners who made motion pictures together from 1933–1949. They made a total of 10 movies.

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

This postcard was printed in 1986. 

Shirley Temple as Heidi

Heidi

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Shirley Temple (born April 23, 1928) is a former American film and television actress, autobiographer, and public servant. She began her screen career in 1932 at the age of three, and, in 1934, skyrocketed to superstardom in Bright Eyes, a feature film designed specifically for her talents. She received a special Academy Award in February 1935, and blockbusting super hits such as Curly Top and Heidi followed year after year during the mid to late 1930s.

Temple's box office popularity waned as she reached adolescence and she left the film industry at the age of twelve to attend high school. She appeared in a few films of varying quality in her mid to late teens, and retired completely from the silver screen in 1950 at the age of twenty-one.

In 1974 she was appointed as a United States Ambassador to Ghana and in 1989 to Czechoslovakia.

Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire Dancing

Hayworth and Astaire

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You Were Never Lovelier (Columbia Pictures) is a 1942 Hollywood musical comedy film, set in Buenos Aires. It starred Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers
Color photo: Anthony Rollo, 1980

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Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the 20th century.

During her long career, she made a total of 73 films, and is noted for her role as Fred Astaire's romantic interest and dancing partner, in a series of ten Hollywood musical films that revolutionized the genre. She also won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Kitty Foyle (1940). She ranks #14 on the AFI's 100 Years…100 Stars list of actress screen legends.

Young Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

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Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928), later Shirley Temple Black, is an American film and television actress, singer, dancer, and former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. She began her film career in 1932 at the age of three (or four) and in 1934, skyrocketed to superstardom in Bright Eyes, a feature film designed specifically for her talents.

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez

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Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969)—often known by her moniker J.Lo —is an American actress, businesswoman, dancer and recording artist. She began her career as a fly girl on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller Money Train. Her first leading role was in the biographical film Selena (1997), in which she earned an ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress. She earned her second ALMA Award for her performance in Out of Sight (1998). She has since starred in various films, including The Cell (2000), Maid in Manhattan (2002), Shall We Dance? (2004), Monster-in-Law (2005), and The Back-up Plan (2010).

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez
It is rumoured that her hugely publicised behind was insured for millions

~ Born 24th July 1970 in the Bronx, New York (of Puerto Rican descent)
~ Appeared in musical theatre, before making film debut in the movie My Little Girl.
~ First major big screen appearance opposite Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson in 1995's Money Train.
~ Her role in the film Selena led to the launch of her music career.
~ She dated Sean "Puffy" Combs
~ Married twice first to Ojani Nao, second time round to Chris Judd a dancer.
~ Currently engaged to actor Ben Affleck who appeared in the video "Jenny From The Block".

older unused Boomerang postcard

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire
by Oscar da Costa

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Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. He is particularly associated with Ginger Rogers, with whom he made ten films.