“A Brooklyn Girl, Lena Horne, Comes Home”

“Sometimes I’m Happy”; Lena Horne; Youmans; Casesar; Luther Henderson; MGM (10246-A); 1947

PM, August 22, 1947 (photos by Morris Gordon)

A Brooklyn Girl, Lena Horne, Comes Home

Yesterday was officially Lena Horne Homecoming Day in Brooklyn, and the crowds turned out to cheer the home town girl who made good as a singer and film star. At Fulton and Nostrand Ave., near where she was born, the throngs – including some enthusiastic autograph seekers – blocked off auto and trolley traffic.

Bill (Bojangles) Robinson was on hand to entertain the crowd…

Miss Horne gets an orchid corsage… A 300-foot scroll of signatures from Brooklynites was presented to the home-coming star.

“Classics In Blue”; Lena Horne; Phil Moore; Smythe; Heyward; Moore; Gershwin; Handy; Black & White (845A/845B/846B/846A/844A/844B/847A/847B); 1947