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Stormé : the lady of the Jewel Box
Title
Stormé : the lady of the Jewel Box / producer/director/editor, Michelle Parkerson.
Publication
[District of Columbia] : Eye of the Storm Productions, [1987]
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 21 min.)) : sound, color & black and white sequences
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Streaming video file.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987.
Directors of photography: Mike Boyer, Charles Mahorney ; funding provided by Corportation for Public Broadcasting and others.
Description based on videocassette version record and closing credits (Women Make Movies).
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
A portrait of the career of jazz singer, master of ceremonies, drag king, and LGBTQ+ activist Stormé DeLarverié who performed with the Jewel Box Revue, the first integrated gender impersonation show, as its sole drag king.
Variant and related titles
Lady of the Jewel Box
Women Make Movies collection.
Other formats
Videocassette version: Stormé, the lady of the Jewel Box. New York : Women Make Films [distributor], 1987
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 25, 2022
Credits
Directors of photography: Mike Boyer, Charles Mahorney ; funding provided by Corportation for Public Broadcasting and others.
Performers
With Stormé DeLarverié, Bobby Schiffman, & Joan Nestle.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographical films.
Short films.
Documentary films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Eye of the Storm Productions, production company.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, sponsoring body.
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