| Edition |
Full screen version. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Harlem double feature |
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Harlem double feature.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Credits |
Moon over Harlem: Photography, J. Burgi Contner, Edward Hyland ; editor, Jack Kent ; music, Donald Heywood, Lorenzo Calduel, Kenneth Macomber ; conductor, Donald Heywood. |
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Swing!: Photographer, Lester Lang ; editor, Patricia Ronney. |
| Cast |
Moon over Harlem: Bud Harris, Cora Green, Izinetta Wilcox, Carl Gough, Slim Thompson. |
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Swing!: Cora Green, Hazel Diaz, Carmen Newsome, Dorothy Van Engle, Alec Lovejoy, Larry Seymour, Mandy Randolph. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Note |
Moon over Harlem: originally issued as a motion picture in 1939. |
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Swing!: originally issued as a motion picture in 1938. |
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Swing! based on the story "Mandy." |
| Summary |
Moon over Harlem: A Harlem widow marries a shady gambler who is after her money and her attractive daughter, Sue. Sue is in love with Bob, an idealist who decides to organize the community against local racketeers and does not realize that his would-be father-in-law Dollar Bill is one of them. |
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Swing!: Ted Gregory is trying to become the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway but his star singer is getting in the way. When the singer breaks her leg in an accident, a wardrobe girl for Gregory steps up to fill in for the injured star. |
| Language |
English language soundtrack. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording Meteor Productions Inc. present ; original story by Mathew Mathews ; screenplay, Sherle Castle ; directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Swing! / A. Burton Russell presents ; written and directed by Oscar Micheaux. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Widows -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Racketeering -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Theatrical producers and directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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African American women singers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
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Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Gangster films.
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Musical films.
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| Added Author |
Ulmer, Edgar G. (Edgar George), 1904-1972.
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Harris, Bud.
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Green, Cora.
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Wilcox, Izinetta.
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Thompson, Slim.
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Mathews, Mathew.
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Heywood, Donald, 1896-1967.
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Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951.
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Russell, A. Burton.
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Diaz, Hazel.
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Newsome, Carman.
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Van Engle, Dorothy.
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Lovejoy, Alex.
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Seymour, Larry.
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Randolph, Amanda, 1902-1967.
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Meteor Productions.
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Alpha Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Swing! |
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Mandy.
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| Standard No. |
089218544995 |
| Music No. |
ALP 5449D Alpha Home Entertainment |
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