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The black king ; The Duke is tops ; Spirit of youth ; The glove.
LIBRA DVD 026 449
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Silver screen series
- Silver screen series.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Drama.
- African Americans.
- Serial murderers.
- Boxing.
- Big band music.
- Women singers.
- Back to Africa movement.
- Back to Africa movement--Drama.
- Women singers--Drama.
- Big band music--Drama.
- Boxing--Drama.
- Revenge--Drama.
- Revenge.
- Serial murderers--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Musical films.
- Sports films.
- Detective and mystery films.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Big band music.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 301 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Black king ; The Duke is tops ; Spirit of youth ; The glove
- Place of Publication:
- [La Crosse, WI] : Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, [2004]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- [The black king]: Deacon Charcoal Johnson is a rabble-rousing phony who rallies his fellow black citizens to establish their own country. To do this, he creates a fundraiser and collects money from Harlem to Mississippi intending to keep it all for himself.
- [The Duke is tops]: Lena Horne stars as an entertainer who gets a chance at Broadway but currently headlines for a stage show run by Duke (Ralph Cooper). Dreaming of bright lights and big city, Lena cuts her ties to Duke and heads for Broadway. But then when her big debut becomes a big disaster, only Duke can save the day.
- [Spirit of youth]: Aspiring boxer Joe Thomas (Joe Louis) falls into the clutches of a femme fatale (Edna M. Harris) who tears poor Joe's heart to pieces and sends him fleeing into the arms of his childhood sweetheart (Mae Turner).
- [The glove]: A one-time cop and ex-ballplayer schemes to earn a $20,000 reward for the capture of a maniacal killer who beat a prison guard to death with a "riot glove."
- Contents:
- The Black king / director, 'Bud' Pollard ; dialogue, Donald Heywood ; production supervisor, Charles P. Nasca (1932, 7 min.)
- The Duke is tops / Million Dollar Productions ; Harry M. Popkin presents ; directed by William Nolte ; production manager, Walter Buck Jones ; screen adaptation, Phil Dunham (1938, 75 min.)
- Spirit of youth : the story of Joe Lewis / Thunderbird Films presents ; produced by Lew Golder ; directed by Harry Fraser ; original screen play by Arthur Hoerl (1938, 67 min.)
- The glove / William B. Silberkleit presents ; a Tommy J. Production ; screenplay by Hubert Smith and Julian Roffmann ; story by Hubert Smith and Ross Hagen ; directed by Ross Hagen (1978, 92 min.).
- Participant:
- [The black king]: Vivianne Baber, A.B. Comethiere, Knolly Mitchell, Dan Michaels.
- [The Duke is tops]: Lena Horne, Ralph Cooper, Lawrence Criner, Monte Hawley.
- [Spirit of youth]: Joe Louis, Edna M. Harris, Mae Turner, Cleo Desmond.
- [The glove]: Rosey Grier, John Saxon, Joanna Cassidy, Joan Blondell.
- Credits:
- The black king: cinematography, Dal Clawson.
- The Duke is tops: cinematography, Robert Cline, Henry Kruse; editor, Arthur A. Brooks, Alice Greenwood; music, Ben Ellison, Harvey Brooks.
- The spirit of youth: cinematography, Robert Cline; editor, Carl Pierson; music, Clarence Muse, Elliot Carpenter.
- The glove: A Tommy J. production ; director of photography, Gary Graver ; editor, Bob Fitzgerald ; music, Robert O. Ragland ; screenplay by Hubert Smith and Julian Roffman ; story by Hubert Smith and Ross Hagen ; produced by Julian Roffman ; directed by Ross Hagen.
- Notes:
- A collection of movies featuring African-American stars.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1 (all four films).
- Contains:
- Spirit of youth.
- Duke is tops.
- Glove.
- OCLC:
- 428118255
- Publisher Number:
- 096009210595
- 21059 Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
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