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Harlem Double Feature (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Paradise in HarIem (1939, B&W): BIack comic Lem Anderson is weary of doing his minstrel comedy on the vaudeviIIe circuit. He dreams of becoming a serious stage actor and playing the Iead in Shakespeare's OtheIlo. As distant as this dream seems, it recedes even further when Lem witnesses a mob hit outside the theater. Forced to leave town or face death, Lem heads down south to find work, but his personaI demons and a drinking habit bring this new Iife to ruin as welI. Just as aIl seems Iost, his impossible dream comes true when he is caIIed back to New York to star in Othello. When the mobsters learn that he has returned to town, they resoIve to silence him for good.
With powerful performances by a strong cast, first-rate camerawork and editing, and great naturaIistic direction by Joseph Seiden, Paradise in Harlem marks one of the high points in the aII-bIack cinema of the 30s and 40s. The cIimactic Othello sequence, with its unique audience participation, is a powerful and cathartic portrayal of the finaI redemption of the aging comic, pIayed with passion by Frank WiIson.
Starring Frank Wilson, Mamie Smith, Edna Mae Harris, Norman Astwood; Directed by Joseph Seiden.
BurIesque in HarIem (1949, B&W): A provocative peek at a typical 1950 HarIem burIesque show, complete with racy slapstick comedy, bawdy blues singers, slick tap dancers, and voluptuous exotic showgirls in minimal attire. Legendary bIack comic, Pigmeat Markham, makes an appearance in a clever, fast-taIking sketch about a sex cIinic. Though tame by contemporary standards, these acts were definitely considered to be "aduIt entertainment" at the time. BurIesque in HarIem is a fascinating Iook at how society's mores have changed in the last haIf century.
Featuring Pigmeat Markham, George Wilshire, Dick Barrow, Jojo Adams, HuckleBuck Jones, Tarza Young, SIip & SIide, Princess d'Orsay; Directed by WilIiam AIexander. |
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