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Title Cotton comes to Harlem / United Artists ; Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. presents ; produced by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. ; screenplay by Arnold Perl and Ossie Davis ; directed by Ossie Davis.

Publication Info. Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001]
©2001

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD COTTON COMES TO HARLEM    DUE 04-02-24
Description 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 013600
Series Soul cinema
Soul cinema.
System Details DVD, Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.
Cast Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Redd Foxx, John Anderson, Emily Yancy, Lou Jacobi, Eugene Roche, J.D. Cannon.
Credits Director of photography, Gerald Hirschfeld ; art director, Manuel Gerard ; editor, Robert Q. Lovett ; music, Galt MacDermot.
Note Originally released as motion picture in 1970.
Based upon the novel "Back to Africa" by Chester Himes.
Audience MPAA rating: R.
Summary St. Jacques is Coffin Ed Johnson and Cambridge is Gravedigger Jones, black cops who suspect preacher Lockhart's back-to-Africa campaign is a swindle. Neatly combines action and comedy.
Language Soundtrack in English (mono) with optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Subject Johnson, Coffin Ed (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Jones, Grave Digger (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Afronorteamericanos -- Nueva York (Estados Unidos : Estado) -- Nueva York -- Teatro.
African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
Johnson, Coffin Ed (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst00983835
Jones, Grave Digger (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst00983967
New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
Genre/Form Comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710291
Detective and mystery films. (OCoLC)fst01710476
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Detective and mystery films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Goldwyn, Samuel, Jr., 1926-2015. Producer.
Perl, Arnold. Screenwriter.
Davis, Ossie. Screenwriter. Director.
Cambridge, Godfrey, 1933-1976. Actor.
St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-1990. Actor.
Lockhart, Calvin, 1934-2007. Actor.
Pace, Judy, 1946- Actor.
Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991. Actor.
Anderson, John, 1922-1992. Actor.
Yancy, Emily. Actor.
Jacobi, Lou. Actor.
Roche, Eugene, 1928-2004. Actor.
Cannon, J. D. (John Donovan), 1922-2005. Actor.
Hirschfeld, Gerald. Cinematographer.
Gerard, Emanuel, 1926-1973. Art director.
Lovett, Robert Q. Film editor.
MacDermot, Galt. Composer.
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984. Cotton comes to Harlem.
United Artists Corporation.
MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
Standard No. 027616857842
ISBN 0792848284
9780792848288
Music No. 1001464 MGM Home Entertainment
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