Boarding House Blues 1948  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Josh Binney
Cast: Moms Mabley, Dusty Fletcher, Lucky Millinder, Marcellus Wilson, Marie Cooke, Augustus Smith, John D. Lee Jr., Emory Richardson, Harold Cromer, Sidney Easton
Moms' (Moms Mabley) boarding house in Harlem must shut down unless funding can be found. The solution: inhabitants of the house put on a comedy, dance, and musical vaudeville show. A few good acts by the all-Black cast.
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The Emperor Jones 1933  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dudley Murphy
Cast: Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank C. Wilson, Fredi Washington, Ruby Elzy, George Haymid Stamper, Moms Mabley, Blueboy O'Connor, Brandon Evans, Taylor Gordon, Rex Ingram, Harold Nicholas
Brutus Jones (Paul Robeson) bids farewell to his town, wife, and Baptist faith and enters a life of violence and sin in his quest for weath and power.
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