Augustus Smith
Also Known As: J. Augustus Smith, Gus Smith
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: January 14, 1891
Age: 134 years old
Gender: Male
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Chloe, Love Is Calling You
Overview: A black voodoo priestess comes out of the Louisiana swamps to take revenge on the white plantation owner she believes killed her husband. The old conjure woman Mandy returns with her daughter Chloe to their bayou home after fifteen years. Chloe was too young to remember much about the bayou, but once Mandy had been a famous voodoo priestess in these parts. But after the whites lynched her husband Sam, she took her little girl & moved away into the Everglades. She seems to have gone a little mad in the intervening years & has returned swearing a belated vengeance against the murdering white folks.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-01
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Drums O' Voodoo
Overview: In Louisiana, a voodoo priestess and a minister preach their religion to the same community. One day, an evil man named Tom comes into town and tries to force the minister's daughter to go with him to his sinful place across the river where all manners of "evil" things occur like drinking and gambling! It's up to the voodoo priestess to stop Tom before he can corrupt the innocent girl.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-11
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Killer Diller
Overview: An all-Black comedy and dance revue with stars of stage and screen.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-01
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Murder on Lenox Avenue
Overview: Dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house center around Pa Wilkins, chosen by the Better Business League to replace their ousted, crooked leader Marshall...who wants revenge; and Pa's ward Jim Bracton, a two-timing Romeo whose affairs are coming to a crisis. And hanging around is Marshall's murderous junkie henchman, Lomax. Will it all end in someone's being killed?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-01
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Chicago After Dark
Overview: An upstanding young attorney and his girlfriend go after a crooked politician.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-01
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Stolen Paradise
Overview: Robert Gordon, a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school, believes he has a vocation for the priesthood. He is taken to live with his father in his palatial Florida home. There he falls in love with his step-sister, Patricia Morrow, ten years his senior. He runs away and joins the R.A.F. Shot down in battle, he is rescued and taken to a monastery where he renounces the world to study for the priesthood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-16
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Hi-De-Ho
Overview: Cab Calloway plays himself in a plot about jealousy, night clubs, and gangsters. Ends with a series of musical numbers.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-09
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