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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aka: The Bronze Venus
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