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And it is the up and coming cabaret venue in New York.

And it boasts artists like Billie Holiday.

Paul Robeson is a regular performer and that's how they become friends.

And it is really the beginning of Lena Horne becoming Lena Horne.

Yes.

Yeah, it's really interesting.

She always said she never wanted to be a film star.

She was never interested in Hollywood.

She didn't like California.

I would say that her transition into Hollywood is a reluctant one.

And in the end, it's MGM, the producer Roger Edens, who sees Horne and takes her seriously and decides to take her to meet Arthur Freed.

Arthur Freed is the head of the division producing screen musicals.

And they decide together, along with Vincent Minelli, who they bump into, who she already knows, that she should go and audition for L.B.

Mayer, the second M in MGM.

And she decides to take her father, Edwin, who she's reconnected with at this point.

It was a very surprising audition.

LB Meyer is immediately taken with her.

He can see the appeal.

He immediately understands what Roger Edens, who is an associate producer, has recognised.

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