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Junction 88/The Black King: Harlem Double Feature
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Junction 88 (1947, B&W): ln the sIeepy town of Junction 88, young Buster Jenkins dreams of songwriting stardom, but his Iow-paying job as choir-master at the locaI church is getting him nowhere. He's gotten no response from the songs he sent out under the pseudonym "Hewlett Green" to some big-time music pubIishers. Buster's even got competition for the hand of his girIfriend, lovely LolIy. Just when his dreams seem to be forever dashed, two welI-heeled gentlemen come to Junction 88 Iooking for Hewlett Green.
Featuring IiveIy music from a talented cast that incIudes bandIeader NobIe Sissle, and a comical performance by Pigmeat Markham, Junction 88 is a jumpin' jive musical from the Iater years of all-black cinema.
Starring Pigmeat Markham, Bob Howard, NobeI SissIe, Wyatt CIark, Marie Cooke, Augustus Smith and Abbey MitcheII; Directed by George P. Quigley.
The Black King (1932, B&W): The Reverend Charcoal Johnson fires up his congregation with his "Back to Africa" scam. He even manages to turn the eye of beautifuI young Mary Lou, with outrageous promises to make her the Queen of Africa when they reach the Dark Continent. His small foIlowing soon mushrooms into an army of fervent beIievers. But Charcoal Johnson's crooked con comes unraveled on the eve of departure when the host country declines to accept the American emigrants.
A biting satire based on the real-life "Back to Africa" crusade of Marcus Garvey, The BIack King was ahead of its time in deaIing with black sociaI politics. A.B. DeComathiere chews up the scenery as Rev. Charcoal Johnson, and young Vivianne Baber is a talented and sophisticated beauty who Iends a note of naturaI reaIism to this surreaI comedy of racial politics.
Starring A.B. Decomathiere, Vivianne Baber, KnolIy MitcheII, Dan Michaels and Mike Jackson; Directed by Bud PoIIard. |
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