So the mystery for the writer is solved... he's not black.
Maybe, Juri is confusing with "Shaft" the film, where
obviously most characters were black, but... the director was
also black (Gordon Parks) as most probably a great part of
the production (this last statement is less sure).
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
--- Juri Nummelin <
jurnum@utu.fi> wrote:
> It's been quiet on the rara-avis front...
>
> I just wanted to ask about Ernest Tidyman, who
wrote
> "Shaft" and some
> screenplays. Is (was?) he an African-American?
I
> claimed to a person
> that he is, but then I realized that I'm not
sure.
>
__________________________________________________ Do You
Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
-- # To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to majordomo@icomm.ca. # The web pages for the list are at http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/ .
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : 29 Feb 2000 EST