Stormé: Lady of the Jewel Box

Release Date: 1991-05-07

Runtime: 21

Languages: English

Rating: 5

Votes: 3

Genres: Documentary

Director: Michelle Parkerson

Description: “It ain’t easy…being green” is the favorite expression of Stormé DeLarverie, a woman whose life flouted prescriptions of gender and race. During the 1950s and '60s she toured the black theater circuit...“It ain’t easy…being green” is the favorite expression of Stormé DeLarverie, a woman whose life flouted prescriptions of gender and race. During the 1950s and '60s she toured the black theater circuit as a mistress of ceremonies and the sole male impersonator of the legendary Jewel Box Revue, America’s first integrated female impersonation show and forerunner of La Cage aux Folles.Read More

Production Companies:

Eye of the Storm Productions, Inc.