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Title Double deal.

Publication Info. Narberth, PA : Alpha Home Entertainment, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD HARL    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Series Harlem double feature
Harlem double feature.
Note Double deal originally released as a motion picture in 1939 and Mistaken identity originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
Cast Double deal : Monte Hawley, Maceo Sheffield, Deward Thompson, Freddie Jackson, performances by Shelton Brooke, Jeni LeGon.
Mistaken identity : Nelle Hill, George Oliver, Bill Dillard, Ken Renard, Noble Sissle, performances by Skippy Williams Band, Alston & Young.
Summary Double deal : rivals for a pretty singer get mixed up in gangster trouble. One of the beaus is a crook who robs a jewelry store and frames the other boyfriend. The girl sorts the truth out for herself.
Mistaken identity : Louis the piano player is murdered by a knife-throwing killer in the middle of a show at Bill Smith's nightclub. Suspicion immediately falls on Mike, an excaped convict, mainly due to stories being phoned into the city desk by nosy reporter Hal Ford. Hal has more than news on his mind, though - he has his eye on the club's main attraction, Lola. The sexy singer is also Mike's girl when he's not in jail. When Mike and Lola are mistaken for club owner Bill Smith and his wife, Hal sees an oportunity to put his rival away for good.
Credits Double deal : photography, Mack Stengler ; music, Ross Di Maggi.
Mistaken identity: screenplay, Victor Vicas and Norma Borisoff ; photographer, George Webber, music Skppy Williams.
Note Mistaken identity based on a story by George Freedland.
System Details DVD, region 1.
Note GMD: videorecording Argus pictures present a Dixon R. Harwin production ; an International Roadshows release ; screenplay by Arthur Hoerl ; directed by Arthur Dreifuss. Mistaken identity / Century Productions ; directed by George P. Quigley.
Subject African American criminals -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Detective and mystery films.
Musical films.
Gangster films.
Subject African American women singers -- Drama.
Added Author Dreifuss, Arthur, 1908-1993.
Harwin, Dixon R.
Hoerl, Arthur, 1892-1968.
Hawley, Monte.
Le Gon, Jeni, 1916-2012.
Thompson, Eddie, 1925-1986.
O'Brien, Florence.
Miller, Flourneoy E., 1886-1971.
Brooks, Shelton.
Maggio, Ross A.
Hill, Nelle.
Oliver, George.
Dillard, Bill.
Quigley, George P.
Freedland, George.
Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975.
Renard, Ken, 1905-1993.
Argus Pictures (Firm)
International Roadshow (Firm)
Alpha Home Entertainment (Firm)
Added Title Mistaken identity
Standard No. 089218539892
Music No. ALP 5398D Alpha Video
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