Alfred N. Sack

Filmes

Juke Joint
Presenter
Bad News Johnson, a con artist from Memphis, Tennessee, arrives in Dallas, Texas, accompanied by his dim sidekick July Jones with only twenty-five cents between them. The duo arrange to become boarders at the home of Louella "Mama Lou" Holiday, who is fooled into believing Johnson is an acting teacher from Hollywood. Mrs. Holiday agrees to give the men free room and board if they will provide poise lessons to her daughter, an aspiring beauty queen named Honey Dew.
Juke Joint
Executive Producer
Bad News Johnson, a con artist from Memphis, Tennessee, arrives in Dallas, Texas, accompanied by his dim sidekick July Jones with only twenty-five cents between them. The duo arrange to become boarders at the home of Louella "Mama Lou" Holiday, who is fooled into believing Johnson is an acting teacher from Hollywood. Mrs. Holiday agrees to give the men free room and board if they will provide poise lessons to her daughter, an aspiring beauty queen named Honey Dew.
Beale Street Mama
Presenter
The film is set in Memphis, Tennessee and focuses on a street sweeper who comes upon a large parcel of money. He uses the newly acquired wealth to go on a spending spree, with the hope of getting back at an old girlfriend who dumped him for another man. However, complications arise when it is discovered the money is counterfeit.
Dirty Gertie do Harlem
Executive Producer
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. é um "race film" (filmes produzidos nos Estados Unidos voltado ao público negro) de uma adaptação não autorizada do conto de W. Sommerset Maugham, "Rain" — que teve suas versões no cinema popular com Sadie Thompson (1928), Rain (1932) e Miss Sadie Thompson (1953). Aqui, a história acontece com Gertie LaRue (Francine Everett), que trabalhava em uma casa noturna do Harlem, em New York, até chegar à ilha caribenha de "Rinidad" para fazer uma performance no Paradise Hotel. Ela acaba atraindo bastante atenção, especialmente dos homens, só que isso nem sempre vem de uma forma positiva...
Of One Blood
Producer
After losing their parents in a flood at a young age, two brothers grow up to become a police officer and a lawyer, working with a local newspaper owner to help rid the city of bootlegging gangsters.
O Sangue de Jesus
Producer
Marido ateu acidentalmente atira em sua esposa batista. Ela morre e vai para uma encruzilhada, onde o diabo tenta levá-la para a perdição.
Son of Ingagi
Producer
A newlywed couple is visited by a strange old woman who harbors a secret about the young girl's father.
The Notorious Elinor Lee
Producer
Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.
Moon Over Harlem
Executive Producer
Hardworking Minnie (Cora Green) marries "Dollar" Bill (Bud Harris) a shady gambler after her money and her attractive daughter, Sue (Izanetta Wilcois). Sue meanwhile, is in love with Bob (Carl Hough), an idealist fond of looking out over the skyline and saying "Harlem... there's so much to be done here--it's fairly screaming for leadership." When Bob decides to organize the community against local racketeers he little realizes would-be father-in-law Dollar Bill is one of them. Bill meanwhile has problems of his own: A vicious white mob from lower Manhattan is muscling in on his action, and bullets are about to fly.
Harlem Rides the Range
Producer
A wandering cowboy and his sidekick try to resolve a murder.
Midnight Shadow
Producer
A confidence man pretending to be a mentalist swindles a family.
Deep South
Producer
1937 short film nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Short Subject, Two Reel.
The Broken Earth
Presenter
A farmer and tiller of the soil comes from the fields to find his young son dying. He prays to the Lord to save his only child.