The Duke Is Tops 1938  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: The Bronze Venus
Director: William L. Nolte
Cast: Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne, Laurence Criner, Monte Hawley, Vernon McCalla, Edward Thompson, Neva Peoples, Charles Hawkins, Johnny Taylor, Everett Brown
The team of Duke and Ethel (Ralph Cooper and Lena Horne) splits up when Ethel gets a chance to perform in a Broadway show. But when that fails, Duke steps in to bail her out. Not much good can be said about the dialogue, but the music is good. Lena Horne's screen debut highlights this film–one of many with an all-Black cast that were made exclusively for their own audiences.
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Tarzan the Fearless 1933 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action
Director: Robert F. Hill
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Julie Bishop, E. Alyn Warren, Edward Woods, Philo McCullough, Frank Lackteen, Mischa Auer, Matthew Betz, Carlotta Monti, Al Kikume, Symona Boniface, Darby Jones, George DeNormand, Everett Brown, Philip Sleeman
After Dr. Brooks (E. Alyn Warren) is kidnapped by the followers of Zar, God of the Jeweled Fingers, his daughter Mary (Julie Bishop) and her boyfriend Bob (Edward Woods) team up with Tarzan (Buster Crabbe) to rescue him. Problems are inevitable because Mary's safari guides Jeff and Nick (Philo McCullough and Matthew Betz) have ulterior motives in the search for Dr. Brooks–including collecting a bounty for proof of Tarzan's death and stealing the lost treasure of the Zar.
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| 1. The Duke Is Tops (1938)
aka: The Bronze Venus
2. Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
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