1938BLACK ENTERTAINERS
BLACK CAST FILM, "RACE FILM". BLACK DANCE STYLES, MUSIC STYLES AND DRESS STYLES OF THE 1930s-1940s.
WHEN MANDY JENKINS CATCHES HER HUSBAND CORNELL OUT ON A DATE WITH ELOISE JACKSON IN A SMALL CABARET. SHE AND JACKSON HAVE A FIGHT. MONTHS LATER, ELOISE IS ABOUT TO STAR IN A MUSICAL, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY TED GREGORY, WHO HOPES TO BE THE FIRST BLACK PRODUCER TO PUT ON A SHOW THIS BIG. MANDY, MEANWHILE, HAS ALSO MOVED AND IS HIRED BY GREGORY AS WARDROBE MISTRESS AT THE SUGGESTION OF HIS SECRETARY, LENA, WITH WHOM GREGORY HAS FALLEN IN LOVE. BUT GREGORY HAS PROBLEMS GETTING BACKING FOR THE SHOW, AND IS UNHAPPY THAT ELOISE OFTEN COMES DRUNK AND LATE TO THE REHEARSALS. AND THINGS LOOK HOPELESS WHEN ELOISE BREAKS HER LEG FALLING DOWN A STAIRWAY WHILE IN A DRUNKEN STUPOR.
PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY LEGENDARY BLACK FILMMAKER OSCAR MICHEAUX (NOT SEEN). RARE APPEARANCE BY EARLY BLUES SINGER TRIXIE SMITH. WITH CORA GREEN, LARRY SEYMOUR, HAZEL DIAZ, ALEC LOVEJOY, AMANDA RANDOLPH, CARMAN NEWSOME, NAT REED, TRIXIE SMITH, SAMMY GARDINER, DOROTHY VAN ENGLE, DOLI ARMENA, COLUMBUS JACKSON, GEORGE R. TAYLOR.
WHEN MANDY JENKINS CATCHES HER HUSBAND CORNELL OUT ON A DATE WITH ELOISE JACKSON IN A SMALL CABARET. SHE AND JACKSON HAVE A FIGHT. MONTHS LATER, ELOISE IS ABOUT TO STAR IN A MUSICAL, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY TED GREGORY, WHO HOPES TO BE THE FIRST BLACK PRODUCER TO PUT ON A SHOW THIS BIG. MANDY, MEANWHILE, HAS ALSO MOVED AND IS HIRED BY GREGORY AS WARDROBE MISTRESS AT THE SUGGESTION OF HIS SECRETARY, LENA, WITH WHOM GREGORY HAS FALLEN IN LOVE. BUT GREGORY HAS PROBLEMS GETTING BACKING FOR THE SHOW, AND IS UNHAPPY THAT ELOISE OFTEN COMES DRUNK AND LATE TO THE REHEARSALS. AND THINGS LOOK HOPELESS WHEN ELOISE BREAKS HER LEG FALLING DOWN A STAIRWAY WHILE IN A DRUNKEN STUPOR.
PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY LEGENDARY BLACK FILMMAKER OSCAR MICHEAUX (NOT SEEN). RARE APPEARANCE BY EARLY BLUES SINGER TRIXIE SMITH. WITH CORA GREEN, LARRY SEYMOUR, HAZEL DIAZ, ALEC LOVEJOY, AMANDA RANDOLPH, CARMAN NEWSOME, NAT REED, TRIXIE SMITH, SAMMY GARDINER, DOROTHY VAN ENGLE, DOLI ARMENA, COLUMBUS JACKSON, GEORGE R. TAYLOR.
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BLACK CAST FILM TAKING PLACE IN 1930s HARLEM. WOMAN SLEEPS SOUNDLY IN HER BED. CU ALARM CLOCK BESIDE THE BED READING 6:00AM. ALARM RINGS. WOMAN'S SLEAZY HUSBAND WALKS IN THE DOOR AT 6:00AM AS THE WOMAN DRESSES FOR WORK.
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WOMAN LYING IN BED. HUSBAND DRESSES FOR WORK. WOMAN SITS UP IN BED AND COMPLAINS OF FEELING ILL. DOTING HUSBAND HOLDS THE SICK WOMANS HAND. JEALOUS HUSBAND (ALEC LOVEJOY) THREATENS HIS WIFE.
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WOMAN DRESSED IN HOUSE ROBE SERVES MALE SUITOR TEA.
COUPLE CARRY ON AN AFFAIR IN THE ABSENCE OF WOMAN'S HUSBAND. COUPLE KISS ON THE EDGE OF BED. |
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COUPLE IN LOVE TAKE A DRIVE IN THEIR CONVERTIBLE.
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LOCK OFF OF AN EMPTY ALLEY WAY BETWEEN TWO HOUSES.
HOUSEWIVES HANG OUT THE WINDOWS AND GOSSIP. |
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BLACK WOMAN TIDIES HER ONE ROOM APARTMENT. WOMAN'S LOW LIFE HUSBAND TAKES HER HARD EARNED PAYCHECK.
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BLACK WOMAN UNZIPS HER DRESS AND PREPARES FOR BED.
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NEIGHBOR STOPS BY FOR A VISIT. WOMEN GOSSIP ABOUT LAZY CHEATING HUSBANDS.
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COUPLES DANCE IN A BLACK NIGHT CLUB, CABARET. BIG BAND JAZZ PLAYS IN THE BKGD.
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TWO ANGRY WOMEN TALK ABOUT A CHEATING HUSBAND. ONE WOMAN PULLS A STRAIGHT SHAVING RAZOR FROM A DRAWER.
FRIEND CONSOLES AN ANGRY WOMAN WITH CHEATING HUSBAND. |
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BLACK ENTERTAINERS PERFORM AT A NIGHT CLUB, CABARET.
FEMALE SOLOIST JAZZ PERFORMER PLAYS A TRUMPET FOR THE CROWD. BIG BAND JAZZ. |
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BLACK CAR PULLS UP TO CURB. PASSENGER EXITS THE CAR.
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COUPLE IN LOVE DANCE CHEEK TO CHEEK TO BIG BAND JAZZ.
THEY KISS. |
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ANGRY WIFE CATCHES HER CHEATING HUSBAND WITH ANOTHER WOMAN. CONFRONTS HER CHEATING HUSBAND. ANGRY WIFE RIPS THE CLOTHES FROM HER HUSBAND'S BACK. CAT FIGHT.
WOMAN SLAPS HER RIVAL IN THE FACE. PUBLIC DISPLAY OF JEALOUSY. GIRL FIGHT. |
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ENTERTAINERS-PERFORMERS WAIT TO AUDITION IN REHEARSAL HALL. SOLO PERFORMER AUDITIONS TAP DANCE ROUTINE.
ENTERTAINERS FEET AS HE TAPS. |
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CARMAN NEWSOME (TED GREGORY) THEATRE PRODUCTION OFF-
BROADWAY PRODUCER GIVES HIS PERFORMERS PEP TALK IN REHEARSAL. |
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THEATRE PRODUCER TALKS BUSINESS WITH HIS PARTNER AND RECEPTIONIST. RECEPTIONIST TALKS OF PRIMA DONNA ACTRESS PERPETUALLY LATE FOR WORK. ASSISTANTS TELL BOSS OF AN EMPLOYEES DRINKING PROBLEM.
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PERFORMERS MINGLE IN REHEARSAL SPACE.
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PRIMA DONNA ACTRESS BULLIES THE STAGE HELP. OBNOXIOUS PERFORMER THROWS TEMPER TANTRUM. LEAD FEMALE CAST MEMBER SWEARS, NAGS AND BICKERS AT THE CREW. PRIMA DONNA SMACKS THE STAGE MANAGER WITH HER PURSE.
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ANGRY JEALOUS HUSBAND CONFRONTS HIS BICKERING, NAGGING WIFE IN FRONT OF A CAST OF HER FELLOW CREW MEMBERS. THE WOMAN USES HER PURSE TO TAKE A SWING AT HER HUSBAND. THE ANGRY MAN PUNCHES HIS WIFE AND SHE FALLS TO THE GROUND. SPOUSAL ABUSE.
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TWO WOMEN ARGUE OVER A MAN. JEALOUS GIRLFRIEND. NASTY DRUNK WOMAN USES VERBAL THREATS.
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TWO LONG LOST FRIENDS REUNITE AFTER A LONG ABSENCE.
THE WOMEN HUG AND TALK ABOUT OLD TIMES. |
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SHY WOMAN APPLIES FOR JOB. WOMAN PROMOTES HER FRIENDS TALENTS AS A SEAMSTRESS TO SECURE HER JOB ON THEATRE PRODUCTION.
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THEATRE PRODUCER WORKS THROUGH STAGE REHEARSAL.
FEMALE STAR OF THE PRODUCTION (CORA SMITH) SINGS WITH ACCOMPIANAMENT OF PIANO. STAGE PRODUCER NODS HIS HEAD IN APPROVAL AS SONGSTRESS PERFORMS ROMANTC CABARET NUMBER. |
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TWO WOMEN TALK ABOUT GROWING UP IN HARD TIMES.
SENTIMENTAL WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE. |
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STAGE PRODUCTION DANCE REHEARSAL. CHOREOGRAPHED DANCERS. ALL-BLACK CAST OF PERFORMERS. STAND UP BASS PLAYER PERFORMS IN THE BKGD.
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TWO WOMEN DISCUSS BEING ROOMMATES. FRIEND OFFERS UP ROOM TO STAY FOR A VISITING FRIEND. TWO FRIENDS KISS ON THE LIPS AS THEY SAY GOODBYE.
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FATHER AND SON TEAM AUDITION FOR MUSICAL STAGE PRODUCER. THE YOUNG BOY SINGS AND TAP DANCES AS HIS FATHER PLAYS PIANO. GREAT YOUNG TAP TALENT.
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TWO FRIENDS GOSSIP AND SEW. ONE WOMAN TALKS ABOUT HER CHEATING HUSBAND. THE WOMEN GET UP TO PREPARE BISCUITS FOR DINNER.
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YOUNG COUPLE TALK ABOUT LOVE. THEY HOLD HANDS AND KISS ON THE COUCH.
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FEMALE SOLOIST PLAYS A BRASS HORN IN AN AUDITION.
STAND UP BASS PLAYER AND PIANIST ACCOMPANY THE WOMAN IN THE BKGD. |
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CU OF PIANAISTS HANDS PLAYING THE PIANO.
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FEMALE SOLOIST PLAYS A BRASS HORN IN AN AUDITION
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DRUNK WOMAN SMOKING A CIGARETTE ALONE AT TABLE.
NONDESCRIPT BACKGROUND. |
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YOUNG STAGE PERFORMER AUDITIONING. FLAMBOYANT DANCER WEARS FEATHERS ON HER COSTUME. WOMAN DANCES WILDLY TO BIG BAND SWING JAZZ.
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DRUNK WOMAN MUMBLES AND SLURS HER WORDS AS SHE CALLS THE BARTENDER FOR ANOTHER DRINK AT THE BAR.
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TWO MEN TALK ABOUT APPLYING FOR WELFARE. PLAN TO DECEIVE THE WELFARE SYSTEM (CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE MEN INTERCUT WITH IMAGES OF A DRUNK WOMAN ORDERING DRINKS AT A BAR).
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STAGE MANAGER COMPLAINS TO HIS BOSS THAT PERFORMANCE LEAD IS LATE FOR WORK.
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STAGE PERFORMERS PREPARE FOR A DRESS REHEARSAL.
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WOMAN IN A DRUNKEN STUPOR ATTEMPTS TO STUMBLE OUT OF
BAR AS OTHER BAR PATRONS LOOK ON. TUMBLES AND FALLS DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS LANDING AT THE BOTTOM OF STAIRWELL. SCREAMS IN AGONY FROM A BROKEN LEG AS MEN RUSH TO HER AID. |
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DISPARAGED COUPLE TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FAILURES OF THEIR ALL-BLACK CAST MUSICAL STAGE PRODUCTION.
TRAGEDY STRIKES THE PRODUCTION AND THREATENS TO CLOSE IT DOWN. |
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WOMAN GIVES HER RESIGNATION FROM STAGE CREW TO FOLLOW HER HUSBAND HOME. TALKS ABOUT THINGS YOU DO FOR LOVE.
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CAST OF PERFORMERS REHEARSE A SWING JAZZ MUSICAL NUMBER. LEAD FEMALE SINGER SINGS JAZZ NUMBER ACCCOMPANIED BY A REHEARSAL JAZZ BAND.
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TWO THETARE PRODUCERS TALK BUSINESS. WHITE BUSINESS MAN TALKS BROADWAY SUCCESS WITH A BLACK THEATRE PRODUCER.
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BROADWAY PLAY "AH LUV'S DAT MAN"
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ALL-BLACK JAZZ SWING BAND PERFORM.
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CU PIANO PLAYERS HANDS ON THE PIANO KEYS.
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BIG BAND JAZZ SWING, STAND UP BASS PLAYER.
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TWO BLACK WOMEN DRESS IN A THEATRE DRESSING ROOM.
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LIVE STAGE THEATRE PRODUCTION, ALL-BLACK CAST MEMBERS DANCE TO A SWING JAZZ NUMBER. STAGE SCENE IS SET IN JAZZ CAFE. THE DANCERS ON STAGE ARE OUT OF SYNC WITH THEIR DANCE STEPS.
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JAZZ SWING BAND PERFORMING ON A LIVE THEATRE STAGE.
SINGER-ACTRESS WALKS OUT ON STAGE TO PERFORM HER SET, SINGS "HEAVEN HELP THIS HEART OF MINE". |
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STAGE ACTRESS COOLS HER FEET IN HER DRESSING ROOM AFTER A PERFORMANCE.
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BAND PLAYS AS ACTORS MINGLE AND STAND UP TO DANCE.
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ACTRESS COOLS HER FEET IN HER DRESSING ROOM. STAGE HELP BRINGS THE LEADING LADY A HOT FOOT BATH TO SOAK HER FEET.
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PERFORMERS DANCE IN JAZZ CAFE-CABARET.
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NEEDY MAN ASKS HIS WIFE-GIRLFRIEND FOR MONEY. TAKES THE WOMAN'S PURSE AND LOOKS FOR MONEY. IS REPRIMANDED BY FRIEND STANDING BY WHO OVERHEARS THE MAN ASK FOR MONEY.
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YOUNG FORMALLY DRESSES BLACK COUPLE KISS IN DOORWAY.
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"THE END" CARD. END OF REEL
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