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Edgar "Blue" Washington: From Baseball to Bit Player by Trav S.D.

Another post for Black History Month; it also happens to be Blue’s birthday.  Edgar “Blue” Washington (1898-1970) had an unusual path into the movie business. Prior to stepping before the cameras he was a star baseball player in the Negro Leagues. Between 1919 and 1961, Blue appeared in 75 movies, among them Haunted Spooks (1920) and […]

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:18PM on February 12, 2019

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