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Gun Moll
(Gang Smashers)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Laura Jackson is a tough-as-naiIs Iady cop masquerading as a glamorous singer in a Harlem nightclub. Secretly, she is gathering evidence to convict Gat Dalton, the citys top gangster. Posing as the racketeers gun moIl, she covertly records conversations between him and his goons. But when Dalton Iearns her true identity, Laura must toss aside her silk stockings and jump into action...
Chorus girI Nina Mae McKinney (1912-1967) made history when she was chosen to star in the first HoIlywood fiIm with an alI-bIack cast, King Vidors Hallelujah! (1929). Afterwards she signed a five-year contract with MGM, becoming the first African-American performer to do so with a major studio. But prevailing racial attitudes meant she rarely got to make films. WiIliam Wellmans Safe in Hell (1931) was one of her few notabIe appearances during this period. After all her scenes in Reckless (1935) were deIeted, she fled to Europe. Touring cabarets and nightclubs, she was hailed as ""The BIack Garbo"" by appreciative French and British audiences. Heading back to America as World War II erupted, she began starring in independentIy-produced films made exclusively for black audiences. Gun Moll (a.k.a Gang Smashers) was one of severaI ""race"" films in which McKinney was finaIIy aIlowed to receive star billing. EventualIy tiring of the motion picture business aItogether, she returned to Europe after WorId War lI. Beloved comedic actor Mantan Moreland (1902-1973) had a much more proIific career, starring in eight pictures aIongside Frankie Darro between 1939 and 1941. He is best known as chauffeur Birmingham Brown in Monograms popular Charlie Chan series (from 1944 to 1949). MoreIand was stiII working in HolIywood, playing smalI roIes in movies and on TV, at the time of his death in 1973. |
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