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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Lee 'Harlemmania' Posner, a prominent New York publicist and producer in Negro entertainment, is touring Wilmington, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. to discover new talent for his Cafe Afrique nightclub and the Fall 1938 'Harlemmania' revue. He highlights his past successes and current diverse cast from various U.S. cities and Jamaica.
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NEW YORK--(ANP)--Lee "Harlemmania" Posner, publicist, commentator and columnist associated with New York night life for many years, the man who brought out Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Snakehips Tucker and who made Negro entertainment popular the world over, is making a tour of several key cities in quest of new talent to augment his present cast at his own night club, the Cafe Afrique at 300 West 45th Street.
These new discoveries will be slated for the Fall edition of Posner's "Harlemmania of 1938" revue which is presented at this popular hot spot.
He will make stops at Wilmington, Delaware, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D. C. Posner is making this trip in order to unearth dormant talent which has never had the chance to invade the East and make New Yorkers conscious of its entertainment value. As a producer Posner has emerged with such hits as "Blackberries of 1932" which was presented at the Liberty theatre in New York.
Our future Negro stars, contends Mr. Posner, will be found outside of New York. But first, he emphasizes, they must be brought to the attention of New York's pleasure crowds. To sustain his point, he has only to allude to his present show at the Cafe Afrique. Outlying sections of the country have contributed to the entertainment bill of fare at this favorite club.
His cast includes Norman Astwood, versatile and talented interlocutor, who has made appearances at the Cotton Club, the Ubangi and the Plantation club and who hails from Jamaica, West Indies; Alberta Prime, songstress, a comely singer from Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mary Perry, swing singer of ballads from Miami, Fla., and Thomas and Kent, fast acrobatic tap dancers from Savannah, Ga. Lorraine Faulkner, talented pianist featured as a soloist, and formerly with Ethel Waters, comes from Philadelphia. Snub Mosley, the orchestra maestro at the Cafe Afrique, claims Little Rock, Ark., as his home town, and the members of his musical aggregation come from all sections of the country.
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New York; Cafe Afrique At 300 West 45th Street; Wilmington, Delaware; Philadelphia; Baltimore; Washington, D. C.
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1938
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Lee Posner tours East Coast cities to find new Negro talent for his Cafe Afrique and 'Harlemmania of 1938' revue, emphasizing discoveries from outside New York to enrich the city's entertainment scene, supported by his past productions and current diverse cast.