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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
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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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