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Murder on Lenox Avenue
(1941)
Directed by Arthur Dreifuss
Cast:
Mamie Smith ... Hattie
Alec Lovejoy ... Flivver Johnson
Norman Astwood ... Mr. Marshall
Augustus Smith ... Pa Wilkins
Alberta Perkins ... Mercedes
Edna Mae Harris ... Singer
Sidney Easton ... Speed Simmons
Dene Larry ... Ola Wilkins
Ernie Ransom ... Jim Bracton
Dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house center around Pa
Wilkins,
chosen by the Better Business League to replace their ousted,
crooked
leader Marshall and Pa's ward Jim Bracton, a two-timing Romeo. 63
Minutes.
Boy! What a Girl!
(1947)
Directed by Arthur H. Leonard
Cast:
Tim Moore ... Bumpsie
Elwood Smith ... Jim Walton
Duke Williams ... Harry Diggs
Alan Jackson ... Mr. Cummings
Sheila Guyse ... Francine Cummings
Betti Mays ... Cristola Cummings
Sybil Lewis ... Mme. Deborah Martin
Warren Patterson ... Donaldson
This rediscovered all-black-cast musical comedy features Tim Moore
as a bald, cigar-smoking female impersonator pursued by three men
with marriage on their minds. The story revolves around two young
would-be show business entrepreneurs who are trying to raise money
for their production. Circumstances dictate that Tim Moore pose as a
wealthy Parisian businesswoman--Madame Deborah--in order to induce
financial assistance from a potential backer. Meanwhile, the real
Madame shows up and predictable comedy situations ensue, all
interspersed with quite entertaining musical numbers, first at a
rent party and later at a more formal gathering on the roof garden.
Seeing rubber-faced Tim Moore in drag with a cheesy wig being
ardently
sought after by three suitors is pretty funny. 72 Minutes |