Stepin Fetchit

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Amazing Grace is a 1974 light comedy featuring black comedienne Moms Mabley as a widow who tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to further his own reelection efforts. Mabley appeared in the film, along with veteran actors Butterfly McQueen and Stepin Fetchit, only a year before her death at the age of 81. The film does not deal with the popular Christian hymn (with words by John Newton) but is a play on Mabley's character, who happens to be named Grace. It has been released on home video.

Private eye searches for a missing football quarterback in Chicago.

The study of crazy brilliance and flamboyant sincerity. a.k.a. Cassius Clay presents a fascinating look at the incredible life and achievements of one of the most courageous, outspoken and charismatic figures of boxing: Muhammad Ali. Born Cassius Clay in 1942, Ali soon rose to become a renowned athlete, an articulate author and a compelling political; leader. Audacious, ambitious and totally fearless, Ali became a symbol of pride, a legend of hope and one of the most extraordinary cultural icons of the 20th century.

Two nuns travel across Chicago asking people the question, "Are you happy?"

켄터키의 작은 마을, 늙은 판사 프리스트는 재선에 도전한다. 경쟁자인 오만한 검사 메이듀는 노골적으로 프리스트의 판결에 불만을 표하기도 한다. 한편, 호탕한 청년 애쉬비는 아름다운 루시에게 반해 그녀를 위해 결투까지 하게 되는데, 다행히 프리스트가 나서 결투를 중지시킨다. 어느 늦은 밤, 흑인 청년이 백인 처녀를 강간했다는 혐의로 붙잡히고, 프리스트는 증거가 불충분하다고 판단한다. 마을사람들은 흑인을 옹호한 프리스트의 결정에 반발하는데, 과연 프리스트는 선거에서 이길 수 있을까?

미조리주를 누비던 갱이었으나 무법자의 생활에 회의를 느낀 맥클린토크(제임스 스튜어트 분)는 스스로를 변화시키고자 농부들을 이끌고 오레곤주로 향하는 안내인을 맡아 험난한 여정에 나선다. 여정 중에 말도둑이었던 콜(아서 케네디 분)의 도움을 받게 되는데, 콜은 맥클린토크의 과거를 알고 있는 인물로 이 일을 계기로 맥클린토크와 함께 여정을 떠나게 된다. 그러나 포틀랜드에 도착한 스튜어트는 농부들에게 물건을 실어 날라다 주겠다고 한 약속을 깨뜨려버린 상인의 사기극에 휘말리게 된다. 정상적인 방법으로는 물건을 되찾아올 수 없음을 아는 맥클린토크는 인간의 모럴인 변할 수 없다고 생각하며 끝없이 맥클린토크를 의심하는 농부들의 지도자와 함께 상인의 식량과 말을 훔쳐 농부들에게 되돌려 주고, 그 과정에서 콜이 상인에게 보급품을 팔아먹었다는 사실을 알게 된다. 콜은 자신이 훔친 물건들을 되돌려 받기 위해 농부와 그의 딸을 인질로 삼고, 맥클린도크는 예전의 동료였던 콜과 대결을 벌이게 된다. 맥클린토크는 농부들에 대한 충성심과 어두운 자신의 과거에 대한 구원, 그리고 복수를 위해 총을 든다.

A crooked real estate tycoon tricks a trusting young woman out of her small candy store. When he is found dead, the girl is suspected of the crime.

A wealthy young society man is dating a beautiful young woman who he believes is also in his "class" because of her beautiful, classically trained singing voice. In actuality, she is the daughter of a poor hotel maid, and in order to keep the boyfriend from finding out just how poor the family is, the mother manages to get a fancy room in the hotel to try to convince him that her daughter is "good enough" for him.

A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case.

A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.

A milquetoast clerk is betrothed to the socialite whose aunt holds a big account with his company.

A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.

A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.

Dimples Appleby lives with her pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains the crowds while he works his racket. A rich lady makes it possible for the girl to go legit.

Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake ticket and will win $150,000 if he can cash it in without getting apprehended

Walter C. Kelly, Marsha Hunt, Stepin Fetchit

미국 남부 미시시피 강. 존은 여객선에서 위스키를 만병통치약으로 속여 파는 장사꾼이다. 어느 날 친구들과 합심하여 폐어선을 복구하여 선장이 되지만, 조카인 듀크가 플리티 벨을 구하려다가 살인을 저지르면서 일이 꼬인다. 존은 조카를 구하기 위해 동분서주하다가 본의 아니게 보트 경주에 참여한다.

An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.

While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.

Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.

On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt leaves Marie high and dry in the Yucatan, she takes work as a nightclub singer to earn her safe passage to the Canal region. But Marie faces bigger problems when she gets mixed up in a destructive plot against the U.S. Naval fleet, and so she accepts the kindly assistance of secret agent Dr. Crawbett.

1890년대 미국의 켄터키주의 작은 마을에 빌 프리스트라는 판사가 살고 있다. 그는 조카 제롬이 좋은 신부와 결혼할 수 있도록 조언하고 마을의 대장장이를 변호하는 제롬의 소송도 돕는다.

Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand even such another calamity as the Napoleonic Wars from which Europe is slowly recovering. Then many years later, along comes World War One and the years that follow, to test the businesses.

President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.

Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom he has traded horse flesh. Taylor is a bank teller who places a winning $4,500 bet on a 10-1 harness racing horse, making him Rogers' bank partner.

During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory when Will Connelly marries a Yankee farm girl, Joanna Tate, despite the objects of his temperamental father Bob Connelly.

Stepin Fetchit in the Educational Pictures short "Slow Poke," doing the shtick that made him a millionaire in the 1930s.

Bill Grant is a small-time gambler who spends more time embellishing his accomplishments than actually doing anything. He has a small run of good luck when he wins a racehorse during a poker game. This enables him to enjoy the lifestyle he has been bragging about for so long. While in high society, he falls for Norma, whose father is big in racing circles.

A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, whose thugs try to eliminate Grange from playing. Grange's buddy Buddy is himself vulnerable to blackmail, since he has broken team rules by marrying. The crooks use all their wiles to keep Grange and Buddy from leading their team to victory.

Ben Hall offers $1000 for the wild Devil Horse which Jim Wright and Skeeter capture. While Jim is away, Gil Davis kills Skeeter and takes the horse. The Sheriff then arrests Jim for Skeeter's murder. But unknown to them, an outlaw witnessed the killing

An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his wealthy southern family.

Spanish-language version of The Big Fight (1930).

To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc May and Daphne, his wife, work as clowns; and Garry, a singing soldier of fortune, sings along with Maryan's act. Ruth, Maryan's partner, quits to get married; and Joe, who is jealous of Garry, replaces her with Trixie, his former assistant. When Garry announces his engagement to Maryan, Trixie persuades him to join a strip poker game in a drunken state and "compromises" him in the presence of his fiancée. Grief-stricken, Maryan falls during her act, and Garry, robbed of circus funds, is arrested. In spite of her injuries, Maryan, learning of Trixie's treachery, performs the act with her and forces a confession by threatening to drop her; Garry is released and is welcomed back to the show.

Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jack Dempsey played the role of the fighter, Tiger: This "behind-the-scenes look of a heavyweight-championship fight" looks much like all of the other boxing films in which the Champ gets involved in a frame-up and is asked to take a dive.

Cameo Kirby, an honest riverboat gambler who works the Mississippi, rescues a girl from a gang of ruffians in New Orleans, but she disappears after he sings her a love song.

The relationship between a male dancer and his actress girlfriend is threatened by a scheming chorister.

A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.

This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel

Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in New York hoping to take Lila back home with him to marry.

Harvey Manning is placed on trial for the murder of Jack Winfield, his closest friend, whose body was found in the Manning home. During the trial, the prosecuting and the defense attorneys put forward sharply different versions of the character of Manning and his wife, Viola, and of the events leading up to the murder. The jury returns a verdict of guilty, but a young girl then comes forward and confesses that she killed Winfield for having wronged her.

Miriam Holt hopes to solve the disappearance of a million dollars in bonds allegedly stolen by her late uncle. A team of crooks is following her, though, in hopes she'll uncover the missing money and they can grab it from her. She checks into a hotel where Franklyn Green works as a desk clerk. Franklyn is learning to be a detective through a correspondence course, and he thinks he's just the guy to help Miriam solve her mystery. The fact that she's a very attractive lady doesn't hurt, either.

Nappus sends his grandson north for schooling to shelter him from their community.

Neglected by shallow husband Dick, young bride Paula Wayne seeks male companionship outside the marital nest. She soon finds it in the form of mature lover Frank Gordon. Lost film.

The Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast against type, Belle Bennett plays a wronged woman who becomes the most brutal and feared slave-ship captain on the Seven Seas.

Young Brierly struggles to save his father, Major Brierly, from the clutches of alcohol after the Great War. At the same time, he prepares Major Brierly's horse, which served bravely with the Major at the front, for the Kentucky Derby.