Dorothy Dandridge

The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped.

Actor Obba Babatundé hosts this biopic showcasing the life of acclaimed African-American singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge, who overcame racism and personal tragedy to become one of the most acclaimed performers of Hollywood's golden age. The film combines rare historical footage of Dandridge, on and off the stage, and interviews with stars such as Laurence Fishburne, Jasmine Guy and Halle Berry discussing her powerful legacy.

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists featured are: Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Little Richard, Also included are today's contemporary superstars: Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, and many, more! 80 minutes plus DVD bonus features.

The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's greatest independent producers, is remembered in this classy documentary created for the PBS American Masters series. Based on A. Scott Berg's acclaimed biography, the film includes new interviews with Goldwyn's surviving family members as well as vintage interviews with such luminaries as Bette Davis, John Huston, Laurence Olivier and others.

Melodrama of the attempt to smash a drug ring and to promote a former addict singer's rehabilitation. Edited from TV series, Cain's Hundred

Having been coerced unto helping a criminal pull off a jewellery theft, a locksmith is double crossed by the crook and heads off to Spain with an eye to getting even.

Несмотря на громкий успех фильма (замечательны актеры, которые пели не своими голосами, за искл. Крауна; между прочим, за Порги поет Роберт Макферрин, папа знаменитого и одноименного джазового певца), семья Гершвинов запротестовала против него — им не понравилось, что фильм был снят как игровой (а не как "фильм-опера"), что речитативы были даны "голым" текстом для придания большей театральности действию, что фильм вообще "по-голливудски гламурный" и не шибко "драматичный"). Позже против фильма зачем-то выступила и семья С.Голдвина, который во время оно уволил строптивого первого режиссера и не вполне остался доволен вторым. Примечательно, что после "Порги" Голдвин не продюсировал уже больше ни одного фильма. В общем, запутанная история

A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.

Одно из самых больших несчастий и бед, которые принесла цивилизация человечеству — работорговля. Таманго — это африканский воин, узнавший власть денег и быстро привыкший к «благам» цивилизации — спиртному, оружию, предательству. Таманго такой же чернокожий, как и те, кого он продает белым. Но воин верит, что репутация хорошего поставщика «черного дерева» сможет защитить его от любой беды.

On a Caribbean island, a rich landowner's son, Maxwell Fleury, is fighting for political office against black labor leader David Boyeur. As if the contentious election weren't enough, there are plenty of scandals to go around: Boyeur has a secret white lover and Fleury's wife, Sylvia, is also having an affair. And then, of course, there's the small matter of a recently murdered aristocrat.

Вторая мировая война, на военной базе расположенной в южных широтах расположен учебный лагерь будущих летчиков. Жгучая афро-американка Кармен Джоунс работает на парашютной фабрике в Дикси и желанна многими крепкими парнями в военной форме, но она любит одного красавчика Джо. К великому сожалению Кармен ее любимый Джо обручен с милой девушкой Сенди Лу и свадьба не за горами.

A singer and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn.

Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.

All-American basketball player, Billy signs up with the world-famous "Harlem Globetrotters", an all-Negro professional team. Billy struggles with important life decisions and their consequences.

Escaped convicts are selling weapons to a warlike native tribe.

With a war on and most men being drafted, Howard Oil Supply Company has no salesmen left. So daughter Jean hits the road and does not make one sale. She finally gets one tentative sale with the Black Hills Oil Co., but Earl wants dinner with her. With the shortage of housing due to the war, Jean needs a military husband to get a place to stay in Clayfield, which is next to Camp Clay. She gets Lt. Mallory to act as her husband just to register. Then things go wrong as his commanding officer is there and believes them to be married. It gets worse as Don's mother shows up and then Jean's father.

In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and vaudeville house proprietor, has big plans: he thinks it can be "the playground of the world." Brad's wheeling and dealing proves remarkably successful in attracting big enterprises and big shows, but brings him little success in personal relationships. Full of nostalgic songs and acts, some with the original artists. Reissued in 1950 as "Atlantic City Honeymoon".

Проводив своего возлюбленного на войну, главная героиня фильма, сопротивляясь ее собственным страхам и неприятностям, прилагает все усилия, чтобы поддержать нормальное, устойчивое домашнее хозяйство ради ее растущих дочерей Дженнифер Джонс и Шерли Темпл. Ей предлагает моральную поддержку циничный-но-доброжелательный участник войны Монти Вулли и Джозефер «друг семьи», отношения которого с главной героиней остаются только платоническими…

When amateur songwriter Jill Wright moves from the Midwest to New York City, she is dismayed to discover that Rick Farrell, the owner of Miracle Publishing Co., has claimed as his own the song she submitted to his company. One of the many films made at Republic with a year attached to the "Hit Parade" title, which came from the "Hit Parade" radio program sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes.

Stepin Fetchit introduces a band which plays several numbers, including "Cow Cow Boogie" and a swing version of "Rigoletto." Dorothy Dandridge appears in a Western number singing the aforementioned "Cow Cow Boogie."

Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie to convince the draft board he's needed at home. When that fails, Jordan is sent to boot camp, but he doesn't stay there long. He takes a beautiful USO worker hostage and flees back to New York. There, he learns that a rival gangster is plotting against America.

Dorothy Dandridge & Paul White perform "A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat".

A safari sets out to find a meteorite that fell in the African jungle.

A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under interrogation.

Dorothy Dandridge and band perform "Cow-Cow Boogie".

Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of them knows anything about cowboys, horses, or anything else.

A girl, Carol whom the audience is quickly informed "has been around," and her father arrive to take over the business management of an island in the Bahamas owned by Adrian Ainsworth, descendant of many ancestors who have handled it over the years to the satisfaction of its 250 native residents. He is married to a woman who stays away from the island because she is lonely when there. Adrian doesn't want Carol or her father there, and they don't want to be there. Romance can't be lurking far behind the beautiful sunset.

Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.

Веселая музыкальная комедия, в которой героиня Сони Хени в составе оркестра Глена Миллера отправляется в Солнечную долину. Забавные приключения, комедийные ситуации и великолепные композиции Глена Миллера легли в основу этого фильма, который первоначально был задуман как рекламный ролик для музыкальной темы, но усилиями Брюса Хэмберстона был доведен до размера полнометражного кино. Мистера Морри, владельца горнолыжного курорта в великолепной солнечной долине, для нового сезона ищет модный джазовый оркестр «с именем».

Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.

The singer here is Hoagy Carmichael on the piano singing the title song whose lyrics is by Johnny Mercer. He has a couple of beautiful white women at his side while Dorothy is a maid who's trying to keep butler Peter Ray from letting a tray with pitcher on it from falling off his head.

Dorothy Dandridge performing "Easy Street".

Helen Fielding, heir to the fortunes of the late millionaire Roger Fielding, Sr., has broken off her relationship with the unscrupulous Lew Covey to pursue a romance with reporter Bill Summers. Covey, determined to get at Helen's inheritance, vows to win her back.

Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charmed by her, Don anonymously purchases Madame Lucy's, an exclusive Manhattan boutique, and instructs newly hired manager Mr. Smith to offer Irene a job as a model. She soon catches the eye of socialite Bob Vincent, whose mother is hosting a ball at the family mansion. To promote Madame Lucy's dress line, Mr. Smith arranges for his models to be invited to the ball.

A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.

A department store has an indoor ski slide for the annual contest for store employees. Salesgirl June has two admirers - a sausage salesman in the store and the store's snooty ski instructor. The Dandridge Sisters (Dorothy, Vivian and non-sister Etta Jones) perform two numbers.

У очаровательной женщины, запутавшейся в долгах, хотят отнять заложенный и перезаложенный санаторий, в котором осталась только одна богатая пациентка, настоявшая на том, чтобы главврачом назначили любовь ее далекой молодости, ветеринара Хэкенбуша... Братья Маркс смешивают страдающие некоторой суматошностью сюжетные линии в бешеный коктейль с убойным эффектом — от смеха удержаться просто невозможно. Поток юмора, клоунады и эксцентрики настолько плотен, что только успевай оценивать шуточки.