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Gordon, Michael was born on September 6, 1909 in Baltimore. Son of Paul and Eva (Kunen) Gordon.
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Countless black women would rather attend church naked than hatless. For these women, a church hat, flamboyant as it may be, is no mere fashion accessory; it's a cherished African American custom, one observed with boundless passion by black women of various religious denominations. A woman's hat speaks long before its wearer utters a word. It's what Deirdre Guion calls "hattitude...there's a little more strut in your carriage when you wear a nice hat. There's something special about you." If a hat says a lot about a person, it says even more about a people-the customs they observe, the symbols they prize, and the fashions they fancy. Photographer Michael Cunningham beautifully captures the self-expressions of women of all ages-from young glamorous women to serene but stylish grandmothers. Award-winning journalist Craig Marberry provides an intimate look at the women and their lives. Together they've captured a captivating custom, this wearing of church hats, a peculiar convergence of faith and fashion that keeps the Sabbath both holy and glamorous.
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Crowns photographer Michael Cunningham and author and journalist George Alexander have captured the marvelous trinity of black women, hair, and beauty salons in the glorious Queens: Portraits of Black Women and Their Fabulous Hair. Angela Garner says that “The beauty salon is the one great thing we get to share as African American women. It’s therapeutic.” Tisch Sims says that wearing fantasy hair makes her feel “like a goddess, a queen.” From the afro to the ponytail to dreadlocks to braids to relaxed hair to fantasy hair; from “good hair” to bad hair days, in this stunningly designed book black women from the United States, Africa, and London explore the fascination with hair and beauty that has long been a cherished part of African American culture. In fifty gorgeous photographs accompanied by vivid, personal narratives, Queens, by turns moving and funny, is the ultimate all-occasion gift book, perfect for Christmas, Kwanzaa, Mother’s Day, and birthdays.
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Gordon, Michael was born on September 6, 1909 in Baltimore. Son of Paul and Eva (Kunen) Gordon.
Bachelor, Johns Hopkins University, 1929. Master of Fine Arts, Yale University, 1932.
The gap in Gordon's career is the blacklist. Onlv two years after the prestigious Cyrano, and its Oscar for José Ferrer, he was forced to go to Australia to make Wherever She Goes. When he returned, it was as bedmaker in Ross Hunters lush apartments. Boys’ Night Out and Texas Across the River have pleasant moments, but the rest is dross. Gordon had, already, come to the cinema a little late, delayed by drama studies at Yale, before lie joined Columbia as an editor. The best of his early films is a version of Lillian Hellman’s Another Part of the Forest, with Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Ann Blvth, and Dan Duryea.
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Actor, stage manager, director 22 Broadway productions. Member, Group Theatre, New York City, 1935-1940. Director Columbia Pictures, 1940-1943, director productions Universal-Internat., Stanley Kramer, 20th Century Fox, Hollywood, 1959-1970. 21 films include Underground Agent, 1942, Another Part of the Forest, 1946, An Act of Murder, 1947, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, 1950, Cyrano de Bergerac, 1950, The Secret of Convict Lake, 1951, Pillow Talk, 1959, Portrait in Black, 1960, Boys's Night Out, 1961, Mover Over Darling, 1963, Texas Across the River, 1965, The Impossible Years, 1968. Director (plays) include Home of the Brave, Male Animal, The Tender Trap.
Member Directors Guild American, Screen Writers Guild, Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Married Elizabeth Cane, November 27, 1939. Children: Jonathan Evan, Jane Ellen, Susannah Ruth.