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Feature Films O-Z
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OF ONE BLOOD, 1944 - Spencer Williams
plays a deaf mute who is actually an undercover FBI agent in this film which contains some of his religious / moral symbols.
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ONE MILE FROM HEAVEN, 1937 - Starring Fredi Washington "a black woman who is the mother of a white child"
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OUANGA, 1936 - Starring Fredi Washington as a female plantation owner with the powers of voodoo
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PARADISE IN HARLEM, 1940 - Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra, Frank Wilson, Mamie Smith, Alec Lovejoy , Edna Mae Harris, Juanita Hall Singers,
Babe Mathews, Sidney Easton, Norman Astwood, Percy Verwayen, Madeline Belt, Herman Green, George Williams, Lionel Monagas,
Francine Everett, Joe Joe Thomas, Perry Bradford, Alphabetical Four, Merritt Smith.
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PINKY, 1949 -
Another of the 4
- 1949 Hollywood "problem" film dealing with passing. Starring - Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, Evelyn Varden,
Frederick O'Neal, Nina Mae McKinney.
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PORGY AND BESS, 1959 - WIDESCREEN (letterbox) taken from old 35 MM
film, picture and sound are great, NOT DIGITALLY REMASTERED, colors & images slightly muted from age and transfer
to dvd.- Starring Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr., Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters, Diahann Carroll, Ivan Dixon,
Clarence Muse, Joel Fluellen. Best available
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PORGY AND BESS, 1959 - FULL SCREEN (pan and scan, fills entire screen) - taken from old film, picture and sound are great, colors slightly muted
from age. NOT DIGITALLY REMASTERED - Starring Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr., Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters,
Diahann Carroll, Ivan Dixon, Clarence Muse, Joel Fluellen. Best Available anywhere
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PRINCESS TAM TAM, 1935 - Josephine Baker, Albert
Prejean, Robert Arnoux, Germaine Aussey, Georges Peclet, Viviane Romance, Jean Galland, Teddy Michaud, Henry Richard, Marion
Malville, Paul Demange.
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PROUD VALLEY, THE 1937 - Released in USA
as The Tunnel starring Paul Robeson
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PURLIE VICTORIOUS, 1963 - Ruby Dee, Godfrey Cambridge,
Ossie Davis and Alan Alda in the screen version of Purlie Victorious. Original title "Gone
are the Days"
Quiet One, The 1948 - Winner of two Academy Awards, The Quiet One is the pointed and powerful documentary-style account of the rehabilitation
of a mentally disturbed African American child. Starring:
Donald Thompson, Sadie Stockton, Estelle Evans, Sidney Meyers, James Agee.
` 64 MIN.
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REET, PETITE AND GONE, 1947 - Louis Jordan and his Orchestra,
Bea Griffith, June Richmond, Milton Woods, David Bethea, Lorenzo Tucker, Vanita Smythe, Mabel Lee, Dots Johnson, Pat Rainey,
Rudy Toombs, J.Lewis Johnson, Joe Lillard.
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RHYTHM AND BLUES REVUE, 1955 - Lionel Hampton, Count
Basie, Cab Calloway, Nat "King" Cole, Joe Turner, Sarah Vaughn, Little Buck, Delta Rhythm Boys, The Larks, Herb Jeffries,
Freddy and Flo, Martha Davis, Amos Milburn, Faye Adams, Bill Bailey, Mantan Moreland, Nipsy Russell, Ruth Brown.
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ROCK'IN THE BLUES, 1955 - Mantan Moreland, Flournoy
E. Miller, Connie Carroll, Harpstones, Linda Hopkins, Wanderers, Pearl Woods, Hurricanes, Miller Sisters, Reese La Rue, Marilyn
Bennett, Elyce Roberts, Lee Lynn, Cuban Dancers.
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ROCK AND ROLL REVUE, 1955 - Nat "King" Cole, Lionel
Hampton and his Orchestra, Dinah Washington, Joe Turner, Duke Ellington and his Band, Larry Darnell, The Clovers, Ruth Brown,
Coles & Atkins, Martha Davis, Little Buck, Delta Rhythm Boys, Mantan Moreland, Leonard Reed, "Nipsy" Russell, Willie Bryant.
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SANDERS OF THE RIVER, 1935 - Paul Robeson in loincloth
plays Bosambo, a self-appointed leader of the river people who respect "Sandi," the representative of the English crown in
this part of West Africa.
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SCAR OF SHAME, 1927 - (silent) This is the story of a marriage between Alvin, a black music student and a poor lower-class black girl, Louise. Starring
Harry Henderson, Lucia Moses, Ann Kennedy, Norman Johnstone, William E. Pettus, Pearl McCormick, Lawrence Chenault.
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SEPIA CINDERELLA, 1947 - Sheila Guyse, Billy Daniels,
Tondelayo-brillianis, Ruby Blake, Emery Richardson, Jack Carter, Ruby Verwayen, Dusty Freeman, George Williams, Fred Gordon,
Al Young, Freddie Bartholomew, June Proctor, John Kirby and his Band, Walter Fuller Orchestra, Deek Watson and his Brown Dots,
Apus and Estellita, Leonardo and Zolo, Lorenzo Tucker.
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SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO VOL.1 1955 - 3 complete shows filmed at New York’s
Apollo Theatre. Willie Bryant – MC, Lionel Hampton
and His Orchestra, Lulu Brown, Larry Darnell, The Clovers, Herb Jeffries, Bill Bailey, Dinah Washington, Leonard Reed, Joe Turner, Cab Calloway, Sarah Vaughn, Jonah Jones, & Amos Millborne75
min
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SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO VOL.2 1955 - 3 complete shows filmed at New York’s Apollo Theatre. “Harlem Merry Go Round”, All-Star Revue” and “Showtime In Harlem”
Willie Bryant –
MC, Nipsy Russell, Mantan Moreland, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Sarah Vaughn, Herb Jeffries, The Lark, Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra,
Martha Davis and spouse, The Nat “King” Cole Trio, and the Delta Rhythm Boys.75 min.
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SIREN OF THE TROPICS, 1927 - Josephine Baker is Papitou, beautiful West Indian mulatto daughter
of a white man and a black woman, falls in love with Berval, a visiting Frenchman.
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SONG OF THE SOUTH, 1946 - extremely good picture and sound. Disney's never released tale of Uncle Remus and Tar baby.
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SON OF INGAGI, 1940 - The first black-cast Horror
film. Starring Laura Bowman, Zack Williams, Spencer Williams, Daisy Bufford, Alfred Grant, Earl J. Morris, Arthur Ray, Jesse
Graves, The Four Toppers.
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SONG OF FREEDOM, 1938 - Paul Robeson plays a
London stevedore,
a descendant of slaves, who longs to return to his homeland in Africa to help his oppressed
people.
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SO RED THE ROSE, 1935 - Life on a southern plantation during the break out of the civil war. Clarence Muse, first film to ever show rebellious slaves on
the plantation.
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SOULS OF SIN, 1949 - In a wonderful slice of Harlem, this story
takes place in a boarding house full of aspiring, but poor artist.
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SPIRIT OF YOUTH, 1937 - Joe Louis, Anthony, Jesse
Lee Brooks, Clarence Muse, Edna Mae Harris, Janette, Mae Turner, Mantan Moreland, Cleo Desmond, Tom Southern, Clarence Brooks,
Jewel Smith, Margarette Whitten, The Plantation Boy's Choir, The Creole Chorus, The Big Apple Dancers.
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ST. LOUIS BLUES, 1958 - Based on the life
and music of W.C. Handy. Nat "King" Cole, Eartha Kitt, Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, Ruby
Dee, Juano Hernandez, Billy Preston, Teddy Buckner, Barney Bigard, George 'Red' Callender, Lee Young, George Washington. Excellent
condition
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STARS ON PARADE, 1946 - Bob Howard, Una Mae Carlisle,
Eddie South, Francine Everett, Phil Moore, The Phil Moore Four, King Cole Trio, Benny Carter Choir.
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STORMY WEATHER, 1943 - One of 2 Black cast films
made by Hollywood in 1943. Starring Bill Robinson, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway and his Band, Katherine Dunham and her Troope,
Fats Waller, The Nicholas Brothers, Ada Brown, Ralph Cooper, Dooley Wilson, Babe Wallace, Ernest Whitman, Zuttie Singleton,
Flournoy E. Miller, Nicodemus Stewart.
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STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN, 1939 - Lucky John is head of
a syndicate, which is distributing rotten canned food to unsuspecting Negroes in Harlem. Lorenzo Tucker, Nina Mae McKinney
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SUNDAY SINNERS, 1940 -The story is of a courageous
minister who battles the forces of the underworld.
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SUN VALLEY SERENADE, 1941 - This Hollywood film is listed for the specialty act halfway through the
film - featuring The Nicholas Brothers and Dorothy Dandridge performing the Chattanuga Choo Choo.
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SWING, 1938 -
Written & Directed
by Oscar Micheaux, starring Cora Green, Hazel Diaz, Carmen Newsome, Dorothy Van Engle, Alec Lovejoy, Mandy Randolph, Larry
Seymour, Tyler Twins, Trixie Smith, Nat Reed, Sammy Gardiner, Doli Armena, Columbus Jackson, George R. Taylor, Leon Gross
and his Orchestra.
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SYMBOL OF THE UNCONQUERED, 1920 (silent) - Written by Oscar Micheaux, starring Lawrence Chenault, Iris
Hall, Walker Thompson, E.G. Tatum, Leigh Whipper, Jim Burns, Mattie Wilkes.
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TAKE A GIANT STEP, 1959 Here is the
real rage behind today's tormented "Blue Jeans" Generation! Here's what makes them tick.. What makes them tough. What makes them tremble. What makes them take
a giant step! Starring Johnny Nash, Estelle Hemsley, Ruby Dee, Frederick O’Neal
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TALL, TAN AND TERRIFIC, 1946 - Francine Everett, Monte
Hawley, Milton Wood, Mantan Moreland, the Golden Slipper All Girl Band, Dots Johnson, Perry "Butterbeans" Bradford, Rudy Toombs,
Lou Swartz, Johnny and George, Edna Mae Harris, Myra Johnson, Thelma Codero- The Two Fat Men, The Gorgeous Astor Debutants,
All Girl Golden Slipper Band.
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TAMANGO, 1957 - Beautiful Dorothy Dandridge is
a mistress on a slave ship with Kurt Jergins as Captain. (color)
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TARZEN'S PERIL, 1951- Dorothy Dandridge plays an African Queen in this filmed in Africa film, with Lex Barker
as Tarzen.
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TEN MINUTES TO LIVE, 1932 - Written and produced by Oscar Micheaux. A mystery-musical
built around a threatening note which gives the heroine only "Ten minutes to Live."
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TWO-GUN MAN FROM HARLEM, 1938 - Herbert Jeffries, The
Four Tones, Clarence Brooks, Margarette Whitten, Spencer Williams, Rose Lee Lincoln, Mantan Moreland, Stymie Beard, Tom Southern,
Mae Turner, Jesse Lee Brooks, Paul Blackman, The Cats and the Fiddle.
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UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 1903 - (silent) Edwin s. Porter
plays Uncle Tom in Blackface.The film adaptation ( watered down version ) of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel showing the cruelties
of slavery, courage , family devotion, and the possible freeing of the slaves. A string of animated tableaux with painted
backdrops, cakewalk, and various theatrical illusions.
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UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 1914 - (silent) This version
stars Sam Lucas as Uncle Tom.
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UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 1927 -(silent) James
Lowe plays Uncle Tom in this version. $2,000,000.00 to make this film. Stll showed in the 50's with narration.
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UNDERWORLD, 1937 - Written and produced by Oscar Micheaux.Story
of a young man, a graduate of a Southern Black college, who goes to Chicago, becomes romantically involved
unknowingly with the "Big" man's deceitful girl. " Hell
has no fury like a woman scorned", isthe rest of the plot. When the naive young man becomes aware
of her status, he leaves her and dates another. The
scorned lady frames him for the murder of her husband,
he's convicted and sentenced to death. At the last minute, an
eyewitness to the murder comes forth and saves the young man. Starring
Oscar Polk, Sol Johnson, Ethel Moses, Bee Freeman, Larry Seymour, "Slick"
Chester, Angel Gabriel, Lorenzo Tucker, Dottie Salter, The Pope Sisters, Bobby Hargreaves Orchestra.
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VEILED ARISTOCRATS, 1932 - Written and produced by Oscar Micheaux. The story of a lawyer (who has been passing), returns home tofind that his light-skinned
sister is about to marry a dark-skinned man.He and the mother agree that he should take her away to a better situation.The lawyer (Lorenzo
Tucker) introduces her to a wealthy White man,who falls in love with her. She realizes that she's not white and
still in love with her dark skinned man. She leaves her brothers house and returns to her real life.Starring Lorenzo Tucker,
Barrington Guy, Lawrence Chenault, Walter Fleming,Laura Bowman, Lucille Lewis, Carl Mahon, Willor Lee Guilford, Bernardine
Mason,Aurora
Edwards, Arnold Wiley, Mabel Garrett.
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WAY DOWN SOUTH, 1939 - Clarence Muse as a house slave. The
plot is very similar to "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
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WELL, THE 1951 - Story is based loosely on a real
incident, the film tells of the dissapearance of a little African-American girl in a small, segregated community.A White person
is the last person seen with her, sensing a coverup when this man is not immediately charged, the black community is on the
verge of a riot. But when little girl is discovered having fallen down a well, the community unites to save her.
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WHERE'S MY MAN TONITE, 1944 - The re-released film "Marching
On" with an entertainment segment stuck in the middle (nothing to do with the plot)
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WITHIN OUR GATES, 1919 (silent) Written and produced by Oscar Micheaux.
The closest possible answer to "Birth of a Nation"
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THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL, 1959 Harry Belafonte plays
a miner who gets trapped in a small cave-in. He digs his way out to find every living sole on earth has vanished; that is
until he discovers Inger Stevens. This tale of a post apocolyptic world is heightened by some interesting sexual and racial
overtones.
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ZOU ZOU, 1934 - Josephine Baker - Zou zou (Josephine Baker),
a little mulatto girl, and Jean, both orphans, were raised by Father Mele. Jean falls in love with Claire, Zou
zou's friend, even though Zou zou loves him passionately. But she draws back in order to devote her life to the stage on which, by chance, she has already achieved a resounding success.
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