Singer (segment "Black and Blue")
Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein are your hosts for this third compilation of great musical performances from the archives of the Tony Award® broadcasts. Legendary stars from legendary shows strut their stuff in 23 performances that have become part of Broadway history.
Self (archive footage)
Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances by such living legends as Pinetop Perkins and Jay McShann, as well as Dave Brubeck and Marcia Ball.
la femme au foyer
En su cumpleaños número 1.000, un Duende puede escoger su novia haciendo estornudando tres veces, entonces ella es la elegida... la novia que él elige es la hija de su esclavo (quién no permitio esta boda, y dio su vida para impedirla) por ello el Duende deben esperar su cumpleaños número 2000 para reclamar a la mujer de sus pesadillas. La descendiente de la mujer con la que quería casarse ya tiene un novio: un chico valiente joven llamado Cody, quien vive con su tío Morty estafador y juntos dirigen una empresa de cirtuitos turísticos llamada Darkside Tours. El duende pronto despierta, mata a varias personas y secuestra a su novia. Pronto Cody recurre a salvarla, y descubre que sólo de hierro forjado puede controlar a un Duende y lastimarlo. Morty tiene una idea, pero le va tremendamente mal cuando lo invade la codicia. Cody encuentra el hogar del duende, pero no sabía que la casa de un duende encierra muchas sorpresas.
herself
The famous rhythm and blues revue featuring such standards as the title song, "After You've Gone" and "In a Sentimental Mood," to name just a few, and sung by R&B legends Ruth Brown, Linda Hopkins and Carrie Smith.
Sister McCandless
This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.
Blues Singer
Gran Depresión, años 30. Red Stovall (Clint Eastwood) es un cantante de country alcohólico y sin recursos que se gana la vida cantando en bares cutres y miserables. Su gran sueño es llegar a tocar con el legendario Grand Ole Opry. Así emprende un emotivo viaje con su sobrino (debut cinematográfico de su hijo Kyle Eastwood) que lo lleva desde Oklahoma a Nashville, donde le han concedido una audición.
Sister Hopkins
Based on Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious (which was later translated into the 1963 film Gone Are the Days! and which included all of the original Broadway cast, including Ruby Dee, Alan Alda, Beah Richards, and Godfrey Cambridge), Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell, and music by Gary Geld. It won two Tony Awards and was also nominated for Best Musical.
This 1981 television adaptation is directed by Rudi Goldman and stars Broadway cast members Guillaume, Moore, Hemsley, and Hopkins, with Brandon Maggart as Cotchipee, Clarice Taylor as Idilla, and Don Scardino as Charlie. The production won a CableACE Award.
Self
Mitzi Gaynor welcomes her guests Carl Reiner (Dick Van Dyke Show), Ken Berry (Mayberry R.F.D.) and Tony-winner Linda Hopkins to an hour, blending animation and live action, celebrating the era of flappers, speakeasies and great jazz. Songs include "Everything Old is New Again," "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)," "Runnin' Wild," and "The Charleston."
Lil Boy's Mother
A 1974 film based on the best-selling autobiography of Sonny Carson who joined a gang and committed petty crime before being sent to prison. After his release from prison he changes his life.
Self
DJ Hal Jackson is the all-rhyming onstage host of this all-black musical.