For her first movie role, Lucy wears a flesh-toned bodysuit and waist-length blonde wig while chained to a rock. But her clowning on set gets her noticed, and she begins to land larger and larger parts. Soon she signs with RKO Pictures where she's mentored by Ginger Rogers’ demanding and powerful mother, Lela. She also meets a young Cuban musician, the man who would become her closest partner both on and off the screen.
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Go West, Young Man
Season 5 Trailer: Decoding John Ford
Introducing: Talking Pictures from TCM and Max
From American Masters: Creative Spark: John Waters on the Fine Art of Bad Taste
Bonus Episode: Donald Bogle and Racquel Gates
Bonus Episode: Bob Minor & Jadie David
Bonus Episode: Jacqueline Stewart
Bonus Episode: Quentin Tarantino
Ms. Jackie Brown
I’m Gonna Die For Paul Newman
Looking Good
Bonus: Pam Grier in Italy
The Queen of Blaxploitation
An Actor Prepares
I'm Not From Here
The Black West
Season 4 Trailer: Here Comes Pam
From Revisionist History: Star Struck
Bonus Episode: J.K. Simmons
Bonus Episode: Carol Burnett, Kate Flannery and Kate Micucci
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