Classic performance footage of some of the great women of jazz from the 1930s and '40s appears on this home-video collection....
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2004
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2004
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Review the history of black show-business. Music, dance and comic routines are featured in this six volume set. ~ Rovi...
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1991
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1989
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1985
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Dilsey
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1959
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Written in 1944 and expanded upon several times thereafter, composer Gordon Jenkins' classic tone poem "Manhattan Tower"...
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1956
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In this adventure, shrimp fishermen in Key West search for a sunken treasure. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1955
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25-year-old Julie Harris convincingly recreates her Broadway role of 12-year-old tomboy Frankie Addams in the 1952 screen...
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Berenice Sadie Brown
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1952
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1952
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1950
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Elia Kazan directed this, one of Hollywood's early attacks on racism, starring Jeanne Crain as Patricia "Pinky" Johnson....
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Granny Dysey Johnson
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1949
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MGM knew it would take a bath on its all-black musical Cabin in the Sky (few Southern theaters of 1943 would touch the film),...
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Petunia Jackson
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1943
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This star-studded musical drama was largely financed by Theatre Guild, with all proceeds going to various wartime fundraising...
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1943
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Written by real-life intelligence agent Ladislas Fodor, Cairo is both a spoof of espionage thrillers and a good-natured...
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1942
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Tales of Manhattan is a sumptuous multipart film centered around a formal tailcoat. The coat is specially designed for stage...
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1942
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In this musical, a radio-announcer is fired after giving a false interview. For consolation he begins to drink heavily. It...
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1934
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1934
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Made in the Warner studio in Brooklyn, this notorious musical is one of many 20-minute two-reelers created by Roy Mack. Many...
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1933
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This early talkie antique is a backstage musical from Warner Bros. The plot involves the out-of-town tryout of a new musical...
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1929
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