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In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema TrailerHome Is Where the Hart Is TrailerBright Road Trailer
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema TrailerHome Is Where the Hart Is TrailerBright Road Trailer
Total trailers found: 23
21 September 1936
A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.
16 December 1939
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.
31 October 1941
Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.
15 September 2007
This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created “race movies” exclusively for black audiences.
16 April 1938
An incognito Hollywood star in Paris meets a penniless nobleman who follows her to London.
05 April 1943
Learning that his long-unseen son is soon to arrive for a visit, a small-time con-man enlists the help of his cronies to help him pretend to be a wealthy and important businessman.
13 June 1987
Nurse and con artist Belle Haimes lives with her dull-witted husband Rex Haimes in the Hart Mansion in British Columbia.
24 September 1952
Backstage musical biography of nightclub star Blossom Seeley that charts her rocky relationship with vaudeville singer Benny Fields.
25 December 1942
Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.
08 July 1948
On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him.
20 February 1937
Young Cab Calloway's mother is concerned, because Cab spends his days listening to the radio, pretending to lead a miniature orchestra.
27 September 1940
A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.
01 May 1940
In I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, Broderick Crawford plays a sentimental gangster who abducts songwriter Johnny Downs and forces him to write a love ballad.
21 April 1943
A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.
03 July 1942
A well-meaning doctor lends his building to a group of neighborhood kids. When the neighbors learn that the kids are members of a tough Harlem gang, they begin to suspect they're up to nefarious deeds.
21 July 1943
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.
13 November 1937
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish.
26 February 1949
Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend Cynthy.
15 September 1940
Kenny Harrington, the star football player of Gilmore College, leads his team to many victories, raising hopes that Gilmore will play in the "Peach Bowl," the championship playoffs of the Western conference.
29 October 1937
While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure.
17 April 1953
Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.
14 June 1935
A wealthy young man falls hard for a beautiful showgirl, and her wily father quickly realizes the naïve boy would make the perfect investor for his daughter's new show.
09 May 1947
Cab Calloway plays himself in a plot about jealousy, night clubs, and gangsters. Ends with a series of musical numbers.