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- January 29, 2021
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Rollicking entertainment with great dancing, plenty of laughs, and hot music.
- January 29, 2021
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Today’s views on the subject of Amos ‘n Andy.
- January 29, 2021
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Two gangs fight for the control of profits from New York’s jukebox business. Dir. Bill Karn.
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Shifty hood robs a jewelry store and tries to pin the crime on his rival.
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Unsuccessful gambler ‘Dollar Bill’ Burton lives in a crummy New York basement room with old friend Bob and a new roommate, friendly blues singer ‘Alabama’ Lee. But, tired of being broke, Dollar Bill gets more steady employment…doing illegal errands for gangster Bad Boy George. The now prosperous Bill ignores pretty, adoring Etta and takes up with sultry singer Regina. Will Bill’s way of life catch up with him? Will his upright friends be more successful in the end? All-black cast.
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Cab Calloway plays himself in a plot about jealousy, night clubs, and gangsters. Ends with a series of musical numbers. All-black cast. Must see for this genre. Lots of jazz numbers highlight this story of a bandleader who is caught between his resourceful lady manager and his jealous girlfriend who’s put out a gangland hit on him. Songs include: “Minnie’s a Hepcat Now”, “Hey Now!”, “Bop Bop”, “At Dawn Time”, “Don’t Falter at the Altar” & more. Dir. Josh Binney
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Oscar Micheaux’s all colored cast including Bee Freeman, Sol Johnson, Oscar Polk, “Slick” Chester
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Gangster finds his business failing after an enthusiastic preacher comes to town. He takes compromising pictures of the preacher with some girls, with tragic results. Written by Spencer Williams, from a poem by James Weldon Johnson. Dir. Spencer Williams