Author Archive: Retro

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.

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.