Boarding House Blues (1948)

Look-Out Sister (1947)/Big Timers (1945)

Category: Musicals | Director: Louis Jordan | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Louis Jordan, Aaron Izenhall, Paul Quinchette

First, in "Look-Out Sister," bandleader Louis Jordan (playing himself) dreams that he is a cowboy trying to use his musical skills to save a ranch for sick children from an evil landlord. With Suzette ... more

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Jivin' In Be Bop (1946)/Beware (1946)

Category: Musicals | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Dizzy Gillespie, Emory Richardson, Helen Humes

First, in "Jivin' in Be Bop," Dizzy Gillespie presents a swinging variety show packed with amazing songs and wonderful performances. With Freddie Carter, Helen Humes, James Moody, Milt Jackson. Then, ... more

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Boy! What A Girl! (1946)

Category: Musicals | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Betti Mays, Elwood Smith, Duke Williams

Delightful musical comedy stars Tim Moore (Kingfish on TV's "Amos 'n' Andy") as a female impersonator who is hired by two smooth-talking producers to pose as a financial backer for their fledgling revue. ... more

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Juke Joint (1947)/Reet, Petite And Gone (1947)

Category: Musicals | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Spencer Williams, Louis Jordan, June Richmond

First, the fast and funny musical "Juke Joint" focuses on a pair of vagabonds who try to repay their landlady's kindness by "rescuing" her daughter from some loose-living lads--getting themselves involved ... more

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Dirty Gertie From Harlem U.S.A. (1946)/Sepia Cinderella (1947)

Category: Musicals | Director: Spencer Williams | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Francine Everett, Don Wilson, Kathrine Moore

First, based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham, "Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A." a sexy dancer leaves her New York neighborhood to hide from her boyfriend. While laying low at a sleepy Caribbean resort, ... more

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Killer Diller (1948)

Category: Musicals | Director: Josh Binney | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Dusty Fletcher, George Wiltshire, Butterfly McQueen

There's plenty of singing, dancing and laughs in this superb vaudeville spectacular reminiscent of the old Apollo Theater extravaganzas. Join an assortment of legendary African-American performers--including ... more

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Carmen Jones (1954)

Category: Musicals | Director: Otto Preminger | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

Format: | Starring: Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey

Oscar Hammerstein II's all-black revision of Bizet's "Carmen," brought to the screen by Otto Preminger, showcases Harry Belafonte as a handsome soldier whose love for sexy, conniving Dorothy Dandridge ... more

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Paradise In Harlem (1939)/Burlesque In Harlem (1954)

Category: Musicals | Director: Joseph Seiden | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

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First, the bittersweet "Paradise in Harlem" chronicles the story of a comedian whose hopes for a career as a dramatic actor are shattered after he witnesses a mob murder and is forced to leave town. ... more

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Glorifying The American Girl (1929)

Category: Musicals | Director: John W. Harkrider | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Mary Eaton, Edward Crandall, Olive Shea

The legendary Flo Ziegfeld "personally supervised" and appears briefly in this early Hollywood musical. Featured are 75 glorified beauties, music composed by Irving Berlin, wonderful costumes and choreography, ... more

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