A show is intended to be daily, combining numbers, songs and games. Nevertheless, in February 1948, she is in the cast of a radio-stage show produced and presented by Willie Bryant at the Apollo in Harlem. She shares her cooking skills with the company. When Cab Calloway’s orchestra disbanded, Dottie found work at the Baby Grand and Savannah Club in Manhattan, the 845 in the Bronx and several clubs in Philadelphia.Īccompanying her husband on tour with the Ink Spots, Dotty is back on the road (but not on stage). But she too fell victim of the same color bar which excluded Ida James.” “Little Dottie Saulters, after graduating from the theatrical kindergarten, became a night club favorite in Lower Manhattan where she was discovered by a talent scout and whisked off to Hollywood, along with Maurice Rocco, to be featured in a number of films. The latter two actually have a similar career, a promise of success but stopped by segregation: ![]() The likes of Sugar Chile Robinson, the Nicholas Brothers, the Berry Brothers, Ida James and Dottie Saulters are the stars of… the article. ![]() ![]() It is with this title that Ralph Matthews of the Afro American (March 15, 1947) evokes the careers of artists who have known the glory as youngsters but who didn’t all remain in the limelight. “What happens when child prodigies grow up?”
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