Miracle In Harlem
1944
B&W
70 mins
Black
Interest
Stepin
Fetchit, Sheila Guyse.
When a gang tries to take over a candy shop and their
leader is killed, evidence points to the shop owner's
daughter.
Mistaken Identity
1941
B&W
60 mins
Black
Interest
Nelle Hill,
George Oliver, Skippy Williams and his Jazz Band.
Thriller about a murder that takes place in a nightclub
which may have connections to a singer's boyfriend, an escaped
con.
Moon Over Harlem
1939
B&W
75 mins
Black
Interest
Bud Harris,
Nora Green, Izinetta Wilcox.
Tragic story of a widow who marries a fast-talking, morally
bankrupt gangster.
Murder On Lennox Avenue
1941
B&W
65 mins
British,
Black Interest
Mamie
Smith, Alec Lovejoy, Edna Mae Harris.
When a corrupt leader of the Harlem Better Business Bureau
is overthrown, he swears vengeance against his replacement.
Murder With Music
1941
B&W
57 mins
Black
Interest Musical
Bob Howard.
Crime drama where a reporter tries to get the story on a
notorious gangster.
Native Son
1951
B&W
90 mins
Black
Interest
Richard
Wright, Jean Wallace.
Gripping drama based on Richard Wright's controversial
novel about a young black chauffeur who accidentally kills his
employer's daughter. Dir. Victor Halperin.
Paradise In Harlem
1939
B&W
85 mins
Black
Interest
Mamie
Smith, Frank Wilson.
A look at the life of black entertainers before WWII. Dir.
Joseph Kane.
Princess Tam Tam
1936
B&W
76 mins
French
(Subtitled) Black Interest
Josephine
Baker
Proud Valley
1941
B&W
72 mins
British
Black Interest
Paul
Robeson, Edward Chapman, Simon Lack.
Stoker in a Welsh coal town risks his life to save the mine
after a gas leak.
Quiet One
1948
B&W
68 mins
Black
Interest
Donald
Thompson, James Agee.
Documentary-styled look at the ghetto's psychological
effects on black youth.
Reet Petite And Gone
1947
B&W
67 mins
Black
Interest Musical
Louis
Jordan And His Band
Old-time musical star Schyler Jarvis, now wealthy, is
dying. His last act is a visionary plan for the future
happiness of his son, swing bandleader Louis Jarvis, and Honey
Carter, daughter of his long-lost love. But crooked lawyer
Talbot has a nefarious scheme to get his hands on the Jarvis
money. Plenty of swing from Louis Jordan's Tympany Five.
Sanders of the River
1935
B&W
98 mins
Black
Interest
Paul
Robeson, Leslie Banks, Nina May McKinny
African chief helps a British Commissioner to put down a
rebellion, leading to him being crowned a king. Features
actualy native rituals performed by genuine tribesman. Robeson
even sings in this.
Scar Of Shame
1927
B&W
## mins
Black
Interest
Harry Henderson, Lucia Lynn Moses. The First production by
the independent Colored Players Film Company in Philadelphia.
Directed by Frank Peregri
Sepia Cinderella
1947
B&W
67 mins
Black
Interest
Sheila
Guyse, Ruble Blakey.
Songwriter finds sudden success and abandons his current
life for high society.
Son Of Ingagi
1940
B&W
65 mins
Black
Interest
Zack
Williams, Laura Bowman, Spencer Williams.
Lonely ape-man kidnaps a woman in an attempt to find love.
Dir. G.M. Anderson and Jesse J. Robbins.
Song of Freedom
1938
B&W
80 mins
British,
Black Interest
Paul
Robeson
Robeson In His Most Memorable Role!-Cast of Thousands In
Epic feature. London dockworker becomes a famous opera singer
and then the rightful king of an African country.
Spirit Of Youth
1938
B&W
70 mins
German,
Black Interest
Joe Louis,
Mantan Moreland.
The only feature Joe Louis ever made. Louis supports his
family with menial jobs until he proves himself a fighter.
Dir. Fritz Lang.
Sunday Sinners
1941
B&W
65 mins
Black
Interest
Mamie
Smith, Frank Wilson.
Minister's son wants to clean up the mean streets of the
city and is framed for murder in the process. Dir. Raymond K.
Johnson.
Swing 1938
B&W
70 mins
Black
Interest
Cora Green,
Hazel Diaz, Larry Seymour.
Musical love story that follows the relationship of
philandering husband and his naive wife.
Tall, Tan And Terrific
1946
B&W
50 mins
British,
Black Interest
Mantan
Moreland, Francine Everett.
The owner of a Harlem nightclub is accused of murder.
Tallest Tree In The Forest, The
19##
B&W
## mins
Black
Interest
Paul
Robeson
Ten Minutes To Live
1932
B&W
60 mins
Black
Interest
Laurence
Chenault, A.B. Comathiere, Laura Bowman.
Two suspense stories that deal with trouble and treachery
in the world of Harlem after dark.
Two Gun Men From Harlem
19##
B&W
## mins
Black
Interest
Herb
Jeffries, Mary Whitten, Mantan Moreland
Two-Gun Man From Harlem
1938
B&W
60 mins
Black
Interest
Herbert
Jeffrey, Mary Whitten, Mantan Moreland, Spencer Williams, jr.
Big city fellow travels to the wild West to clear himself
of a murder charge.
Underworld
1937
B&W
## mins
Black
Interest
Oscar Micheaux's all colored cast including Bee Freeman,
Sol Johnson, Oscar Polk, "Slick" Chester
Veiled Aristocrats
1932
B&W
## mins
Black
Interest
Lorenzo Tucker, known as the black Valentino
Zou Zou
1936
B&W
92 mins
(Subtitled)
Black Interest
Josephine
Baker
Black Military Experience, The
19##
B&W
## mins
Black
Interest
Includes "The Negro Soldier", "The Navy
Steward" and "The Negro Sailor".
Negro Soldier
1944
B&W
40 mins
Black
Interest
Maj. Stuart
Heisler.
From the Why We Fight series. A look at the participation
of black soldiers in WWII. Dir. Frank Capra.
Black Fist
1976
94 mins
Black
Interest
Richard
Lawson, Philip Michael Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Robert Burr
Black Fist, a tedious "blaxploitation" film made
in 1976, concerns a young man ? Leroy Fist (Richard Lawson) ?
who becomes involved in the mob. When he attempts to change
his life, the mobsters kills his wife and Leroy goes out to
seek his bloody revenge.
Beware 1946
B&W
57 mins
Black
Interest
Louis
Jordan, Valerie Black, Frank Wilson.
Louis Jordan and his Tympani Five play a gig at his alma
mater, and ends up having to save the school from bankruptcy.
Magic Garden
1958
B&W
63 mins
Black
Interest
Tommy
Machaka, Harriet Qubeka.
First film shot in South Africa. Stolen 'magic money' has
strange effects on those who come in contact with it.
Basin Street Revue
1955
B&W
41 mins
Black
Interest
Sarah
Vaughn, Lionel Hamton
Music videos of the 1940's (then called "soundies").
Features various 1940's performers.
Music And Comedy Masters (Volume Five)
B&W
Black
Interest
Includes "Sepian Swing" with Cab Calloway and The
King Cole Trio, "Sepia Stars on Parade" with Herb
Jefferies, Fats Waller, Bill Robinson, Dorothy Dandridge, The
Mills Brothers, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole and Louis
Jordan and "Rhapsody in Black and Blue" with Louis
Armstrong and Orchestra.
Music And Comedy Masters (Volume Four)
B&W
Black
Interest Musical
Includes "Come To Baby Do" with Nat King Cole
Trio, "Bundle Of Blues" with Duke Ellington, Cab
Calloway's "Jitterbug Party", Count Basie &
Orchestra, Louis Armstrong, Harlem Hotshots, "Sugar
Chill" and "Black & Tan" with Duke
Ellington
Music And Comedy Masters (Volume One)
B&W
Black
Interest Musical
Includes "Blues and Boogie" with Maxine Sullivan
and Nat King Cole, "Murder in Swingtime" with Les
Hite & Orchestra, "Ain't Misbehaving" with Fats
Waller and Louis Armstrong, "Bubbling Over" with
Ethel Waters, "Boogie Woogie Dream" with Lena Horne
and "Caledonia" with Louis Jordan.
Music And Comedy Masters (Volume Six)
B&W
Black
Interest Musical
Includes "Dry Bones" with the Delta Rhythm Boys,
"Open the Door Richard" with Dusty Fletcher,
"Slow Poke" with Stepin Fetchit and "Spying the
Spy", a rare 1915 Black Short Subject on private eye
stories.
Music And Comedy Masters (Volume Three)
B&W
Black
Interest Musical
Includes "Marian Anderson Sings", "Sarah
Vaughn Sings", "Symphony in Balck" with Duke
Ellington and "Basin Street Review" with Lionel
Hampton, Nat King Cole, Nipsey Russell and Dinah Washington.
Music And Comedy Masters (Volume Two)
B&W
Black
Interest Musical
Includes "Minnie the Moocher" with Cab Calloway,
"Jittering Jitterbugs" with Hamtree Harrington,
"Heavenly Choir", "St. Louis Blues" with
Bessie Smith, "Showtime at the Apollo" with Mantan
Moreland, Lionel Hampton and Nat King Cole and "Hi De
Ho" with Cab Calloway.
Rock And Roll Revue
1955
B&W
38 mins
Black
Interest Musical Comedy
Dinah
Washington, Duke Ellington and His Band, Larry Darnell, Coles
& Arkins, The Clovers, Nat King Cole, Lionel Hampton,
Martha Davis
Musical comedy revue featuring top African-American
performers.
Video Scapbook: Harlem Swings (Volume I)
19##
B&W
## mins
Black
Interest
Eubie
Blake, Don Redman, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Duke
Ellington, Les Hite
Great Jazz Bands of the 30's.
Video Scapbook: Harlem Swings (Volume II)
19##
B&W
## mins
Black
Interest
Nat King
Cole, Lionel Hampton, Sarah Vaughn, Nipsy Russell, Count Basie,
Dinah Washington and more.
The Nat King Cole Sthe story of the rise to fame of one of
our greatest singers. Plus Basin Street Revue."
Video Scapbook: Harlem Swings (Volume III)
19##
B&W
## mins
Black
Interest
Dusty
Fletcher, Stepin Fetchit,Ethel Waters, Louis Jordan and
others.
All Black cast musical comedy short subjects.
Video Scapbook: Harlem Swings (Volume IV)
19##
B&W
## mins
Black
Interest
The Harlem Hot Shots, Louis Armstrong, The Ebony Trio, Lena
Horne, Lionel Hampton, Ruth Brown and others.
Harlem Hotshots
1945
B&W
9 mins
Black
Interest
Negro In Entertainment
1945
B&W
11 mins
Black
Interest
Negro In Industry
1945
B&W
11 mins
Black
Interest
Negro In Sports
1945
B&W
11 mins
Black
Interest
Jesse
Owens, Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson
Track star Jesse Owens is interviewed, with interesting
footage of Owens, Joe Louis, jackie Robinson, the Harlem
Globetrotters, and various black figure skaters, tennis
players, soap box derby racers, jockeys and radio performers.
Rare Black Short Subjects
19##
B&W
## mins
Black
Interest
Includes "The Negro In Sports",
"Entertainment & Industry", "The All
American Newsreel" and "Kilroy Was Here".
Beulah Show, The (Volume One)
19##
B&W
## mins
Black
Interest
Two Episodes! First show with Hattie McDaniel and Ernest
Whitman, second one with Ethel Waters, Dooley Wilson and
Butterfly Mcqueen.
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