Nina Mae McKinney
Also Known As: Nina McKinney
Biography: Nina Mae McKinney (June 12, 1912 – May 3, 1967) was an American actress who worked internationally during the 1930s and in the postwar period in theatre, film and television, after beginning her career on Broadway and in Hollywood. Dubbed "The Black Garbo" in Europe because of her striking beauty, McKinney was both one of the first African-American film stars in the United States and one of the first African-Americans to appear on British television.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
Birthday: June 12, 1912
Deathday: May 03, 1967
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Gender: Female
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Dark Waters
Overview: Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally. Unfortunately, she encounters various scam artists led by Mr. Sydney who intend to kill her and steal the family assets. Dr. George Grover helps Leslie to defeat Sydney.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-21
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Safe in Hell
Overview: To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-12
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Hallelujah
Overview: A black laborer turns preacher after accidentally killing a man.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-20
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The Devil's Daughter
Overview: Sylvia Walton returns from Harlem to take over a Jamaican plantation from her vindictive half-sister, amid the growing sound of drums.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-17
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Danger Street
Overview: Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-20
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The Lonely Trail
Overview: Though he fought for the North in the Civil War, John is asked by the Governor of Texas to get rid of some troublesome carpetbaggers. He enlists the help of Holden before learning that Holden too is plundering the local folk.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-25
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Pie, Pie Blackbird
Overview: Short featuring musician Eubie Blake and his orchestra, singer Nina Mae McKinney, and young tap dancers Fayard and Harold Nicholas.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-03
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The Black Network
Overview: The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers. Since his wife's father put up the money to be the sponsor, she insists on singing on the show. She goes on after the main star, singer Nina Mae McKinney. The wife sings so badly that the sponsor's customers abandon him. He is forced to shine shoes on street corners, while Nina Mae and her boyfriend win a bet on a daily number and end up on easy street.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-04
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Reckless
Overview: A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.
Genres: Music Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-19
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Sanders of the River
Overview: A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-10
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Together Again
Overview: Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and when he died, she was left to carry on and to raise his daughter from his first marriage. She lives with the daughter, her father-in-law and a housekeeper. In the town square, there was a statue of her late husband and every year since his death, they have an anniversary celebration there. This year during a thunderstorm, the statue is hit by lightning and the head falls off. The daughter insists that a new statue be erected instead of patching the old one. Mayor Crandall is sent to New York to interview the prospective sculptor, George Corday.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-23
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Night Train to Memphis
Overview: A mountain community is thrown into turmoil as the townspeople debate the advantages and disadvantages of having a railroad.
Genres: Action Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-12
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Pinky
Overview: Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-28
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Swanee Showboat
Overview: A Bevy of Beauties and a Boatload of Fun
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-23
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Manhattan Serenade
Overview: An homage to NYC in the form of a short travelogue.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-21
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Gang Smashers
Overview: An undercover police woman poses as a nighclub entertainer to catch the main man behind the racketeers going on around Harlem. Meanwhile two men are falling for her.
Genres: Crime Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-30
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Kentucky Minstrels
Overview: 'Old-time minstrel sinks to poverty and rises to fresh stardom.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-01
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The Power of the Whistler
Overview: A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-19
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They Learned About Women
Overview: Jack and Jerry are doing okay between profession baseball and Vaudeville. That is, until love and gold-diggers get in the way.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-30
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Mantan Messes Up
Overview: Mantan takes a job as office boy at a new TV station and gets to watch several pre-recorded musical numbers.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-01
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What Price Jazz
Overview: In rhyme, a soapbox preacher, Mr. Blue Laws, enlists Mr. Public Opinion in the efforts of the Society for the Prevention of Jazz. Armed with an ax and a buckshot-shooting pistol, the two of them interrupt Ted Fiorito and his jazz orchestra (and showgirls). The lads head for the woods, where Ted convinces them to stand their ground. They're joined by their songstress who says it may be their last day on earth, so sing the blues for all they're worth. Then the dancers arrive to report they barely got away, and it's time for a final strut. Public Opinion brings a death sentence. Is there no appeal?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-28
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Straight to Heaven
Overview: Singer Jimmy Williams' father Joe is a chemist who recently lost his job to George Elliott. Since then, Joe has been investigating the "Adam and Even" brand of canned goods sold in Harlem.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-12
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Blood Money
Overview: The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill Bailey, who, in the course of his work, crosses paths with every kind of offender there is, from first-time defendants to career criminals.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-17
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Copper Canyon
Overview: A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask stage sharpshooter Johnny Carter to help them, under the impression that he is the legendary Colonel Desmond. It seems they're wrong; but Johnny's show comes to Coppertown and Johnny romances lovely gambler Lisa Roselle, whom the miners believe is at the center of their troubles.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-15
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