Author Archive: Retro

Black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he’s forced to borrow money from the Mafia. Complications ensue.

Documentary-styled look at the ghetto’s psychological effects on black youth.

Exciting western saga of singing cowboy who outsmarts the outlaws who stole the deed to a uranium mine. Dir. Otto Brower.

African chief helps a British Commissioner to put down a rebellion, leading to him being crowned a king. Features actualy native rituals performed by genuine tribesman. Robeson even sings in this.

Biography of famed boxer Joe Louis who rose from depression era poverty to a world champion. “The Brown Bomber” from the early 1930s to his comeback fight in 1951. Dir. Robert Gordon

Rollicking entertainment with great dancing, plenty of laughs, and hot music.

Today’s views on the subject of Amos ‘n Andy.

Two gangs fight for the control of profits from New York’s jukebox business. Dir. Bill Karn.

Shifty hood robs a jewelry store and tries to pin the crime on his rival.