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Title Paradise in Harlem / Jubilee Pictures Corporation ; director, Joseph Selden ; original story, Frank Wilson ; screen adaptation, Vincent Valentini. The Duke is tops / Harry M. Popkin presents ; directed by William Nolte ; screen adaptation, Phil Dunham. Reet, petite, and gone / produced and directed by William Forest Crouch. Killer diller / story and screen play by Hall Seeger ; produced by E.M. Glucksman ; directed by Josh Binney.

Publication Info. [Minneapolis, Minn.] : Mill Creek Entertainment, [2008]
©2008

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 Moore Video  PN1995.9.M86 C53 2008 disc 3    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 DVD (272 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium monochrome
Description digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Series Classic musicals ; disc 3
Classic musicals ; disc 3.
System Details DVD, double-sided.
Note Paradise in Harlem (70 min.) produced in 1939. The duke is tops (63 min.) produced in 1938. Reet, petite and gone (67 min.) produced in 1947. Killer diller (72 min.) produced in 1948.
Cast Paradise in Harlem: Edna Mae Harris, Mamie Smith, Frank Wilson, Lucky Millinder, Juanita Hall.
The duke is tops: Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne, Lawrence Criner, Monte Hawley, Vernon McCallum, Edward Thompson.
Reet, petite, and gone: Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, June Richmond, Lorenzo Tucker, Milton Woods.
King Cole Trio, Dusty Fletcher, Butterfly McQueen, Jackie Mabley, Andy Kirk and his orchestra.
Credits Paradise in Harlem: cinematography, Don Malkames, Charles Levine. The duke is tops: editor, Alice Greenwood; music, Ben Ellison, Harvey Brooks. Reet, petite, and gone: director of photography, Don Malkames ; editor, Leonard Anderson ; original story, William Forest ; screenplay, Irwin Winehouse. Killer diller: photography, Lester Lang ; editor, L. Hesse ; musical arrangements, Rene J. Hall.
Summary Paradise in Harlem: This crime drama features an all African-American cast and centers on Lem Anderson, a club singer aspires to be a great dramatic actor. His big chance evaporates when he witnesses a mob hit. Pressure from the mob and the death of his ill wife forces Lem to leave town, drifting from place to place in an alcoholic stupor. An opportunity to play Othello draws Lem back to Harlem despite the risk leads to an interesting climax.
The duke is tops: Ethel Andrews is a star of a traveling musical revue who is billed as The Bronze Venus. Promoter Duke Davis, believing that he is holding back her career prospects, tricks Ethel into leaving him so that she can be free to pursue stardom in New York. When Ethel fails in the big time, Duke returns to her in New York. The two decide to develop a new show using specialty acts to showcase Ethel's singing.
Reet, petite, and gone: A dishonest lawyer tries to do young Louis out of his inheritance by changing his dying father's eccentric will. A boyhood sweetheart and a faithful servant save the day.
Killer diller: The tale of a magician supplying disappearing acts between stage performances of a variety program.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Musical films.
Comedy films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Added Author Selden, Joseph.
Wilson, Frank, 1885-1956.
Valentini, Vincent.
Harris, Edna Mae, 1910-1997.
Smith, Mamie.
Millinder, Lucky.
Hall, Juanita, 1901-1968.
Nolte, William L. (William Lewis), 1889-1965.
Cooper, Ralph, 1908-1992.
Horne, Lena.
Criner, Lawrence, 1898-1965.
Hawley, Monte.
McCalla, Vernon.
Thompson, Edward, 1898-1960.
Crouch, William Forest, 1904-1968.
Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975.
Richmond, June, 1915-1962.
Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965.
Fletcher, Clinton Dusty.
McQueen, Butterfly.
Kirk, Andy, 1898-1992.
Mabley, Moms.
Binney, Josh, 1889-1956.
Tympany Five.
King Cole Trio.
Mill Creek Entertainment.
Added Title Duke is tops.
Reet, petite and gone.
Killer diller.