Edward Thompson
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Department: Acting
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Gender: Male
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Lucky Ghost
Overview: An all-black horror comedy starring Mantan Moreland and sometimes partner (and straight man) F.E. Miller, Lucky Ghost is amusing low-brow fare that exploits the more base, stereotypical elements of old-time black life (chicken thievin', gamblin', runnin' from ghosteses) for laughs -- sort of like the BET of its day. Mantan and Miller win a house-cum-casino in a craps game, only to discover that the deceased former owners aren't too pleased that their old home is being used for "jitterbugging, jiving, and hullaballooing". I hate hullaballooing. The ghosts decide to scare everyone off by opening doors and windows, pulling out chairs, even playing the drums.
Genres: Comedy Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-10
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Georgia Rose
Overview: Musical film with an all-black cast.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-20
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Bargain with Bullets
Overview: A gangster film about the Harlem underworld.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-17
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The Duke Is Tops
Overview: A theatrical producer puts aside his own success to boost the career of a talented singer.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-15
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Broken Strings
Overview: After noted violinist Arthur Williams suffers a hand injury which ends his playing career, his hopes are transferred to his son, who prefers swing music to classical.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-01
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The Framing of the Shrew
Overview: Privacy Robson is a downtrodden husband who takes advice from his friend Florian Slappey. He eventually gets the upper hand after starting divorce proceedings, pretending to have a new girlfriend and refusing to eat anything she cooks him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-27
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Melancholy Dame
Overview: A nightclub owner's wife, jealous of his attentions to his star singer, schemes to get her fired.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-02
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Double Deal
Overview: Tommy McCoy and "Dude" Markey are both in love with Harlem singer/dancer Nita. Markey robs a jewelry store and turns the loot over to gang-boss Murray Howard. Later, Markey robs the safe, steals the jewelry, and, in order to get rid of his rival for Nita, frames the robbery on McCoy. The latter's big-brother thinks otherwise and, with Nita's help, sets out to prove it.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-16
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Mystery in Swing
Overview: In and around some great blues, swing and jazz music, a very unpopular band-leader. Prince Ellis, is killed in a Harlem nightclub, and, in and around some more great music, a detective finds the lists of suspects is very long, as Prince Ellis was indeed very unpopular with many citizens.
Genres: Music Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-09
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The Lady Fare
Overview: "Willie Dime," a big, bad taxi driver, is very jealous of "Miss Eva" and it burns him up to see any fool Jelly-bean "carrying on flirtatious flirtations with her." He gets madder and "badder" as the story gets "hummier" and funnier, while smooth, suave Florian Slappey gets mixed up in all kinds of complications.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-28
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Life Goes On
Overview: The husband of Sally Weston dies, and she decides to move to New York City where she feels her two young sons, Bob and Henry, can get a better education. Bob grows up to be a brilliant lawyer, while Henry decides that a life of crime is the best path to easy riches. Gangster "Bull" Connors frames Henry, now known as Monte, on a murder charge, and it is up to Bob to clear his brother.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-01
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The Widow's Bite
Overview: Spencer Williams' comedy feature.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-06-02
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Brown Gravy
Overview: A musical short starring Sam McDaniel and Spencer Williams.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-23
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Gang War
Overview: Two mobs fight for control of the jukebox racket.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-28
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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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The Spider's Web
Overview: A lost film. Remade by Micheaux as a sound film, The Girl from Chicago (1932).
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-03
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