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The Scar of Shame
Produced by Colored Players Film Corporation
Released 1927
Direction Frank Perugini
Story David Starkman
Cinematographer Al Ligouri
Cast
ALVIN HILLIARD Harry Henderson
LOUISE Lucia Lynn Moses
LOUISE'S FATHER William E. Pettus
THE LANDLADY Ann Kennedy
EDDIE Norman Johnstone
Miss HATHAWAY Pearl McCormick
MR. HATHAWAY Lawrence Chenault
Rental Source: Standard Film Service, 14710 West Warren Avenue,
Dearborn, Michigan 48126.
The St. Louis Blues
Presented by Radio Pictures
Distributed by RKO Distributing Corporation
Copyright 1929
Story and Direction Dudley Murphy
Editor Russell G. Shields
Cinematographer Walter Strenge
Recordist George Oschmann
Choral Arrangements W. C. Handy and J. Rosamond Johnson
Cast
BESSIE Bessie Smith
THE ST. LOUIS WOMAN Isabel Washington
JIMMY Jimmy Mordecai
JANITOR Alex [sic] Lovejoy
[LITTLE MAN] [Edgar Connor]
Jimmy Johnson's Orchestra
The W.C. Handy and J. Rosamond Johnson Choir
Rental Sources: Kit Parker Films, Carmel, California; Standard Film Service, 14710 West Warren Avenue, Dearborn, Michigan 48126.
Blood of Jesus
Distributed by Sack Amusement Enterprises
Produced by Amegro Films
Copyright 1941
Direction Spencer Williams
Screenplay Spencer Williams
Cinematography Jack Whitman
Sound Recording R. E. Byers
Cast
SISTER JACKSON Cathryn Caviness
RAS JACKSON Spencer Williams
SISTER JENKINS Juanita Riley
SISTER ELLERBY Reather Hardeman
THE ANGEL Rogenia Goldthwaite
SATAN Jas. B. Jones [sic]
JUDAS GREEN Frank H. McClennan
RUFUS BROWN Eddie De Base
LUKE WILLOWS Alva Fuller
and
Rev. R. L. Robertson and The Heavenly Choir
Rental Source: Film Classic Exchange, 1926 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90007.
The Negro Soldier
Presented by The War Department
Produced by Special Coverage Section, United States Army Signal Corps Released 1943
Premiere London, August, 1943
Supervisor Colonel Frank Capra
Director Captain Stuart Heisler
Writer and narrator Carlton Moss Music Dimitri Tiomkin
Mr. Tiomkin's Staff William Grant Still, Earl Robinson, Al Glasser, Howard Jackson, Phil Moore, Calvin Jackson, Jester Hairston, Corporal Dave Tamkin
First Cameraman Lieutenant Paul C. Vogel
Second Cameramen Captain Horace Woodard, Chief Petty Officer Alan Thompson
Assistant Cameramen Sergeants William Birch, Jack Hageny, Lloyd Fromm
Chief Electrician Sergeant Howard Roberts
Production Grips Sergeants Cecil Axemear, Ed Comport
First Assistant Directors Lieutenants Lee Katz and Holly Morse, and George Blair and Ralph Donaldson
Second Assistant Director Corporal Mort Lewis
Technical Advisor Carlton Moss
Film Cutter Sergeant Jack Ogilvie
Assistant Film Cutter Sergeant Hugh Fowler
Sound Cutter Corporal Tom Macdoo
Music Cutter Jimmy Graham
Assistant Music Cutter Sergeant Ed Hare
Chief of Sound Lieutenant William Montague
Sound Crew Sergeant Harold Lee, Corporal William Hamilton, Private Cyril Harper
Church Set Design Haldane Douglas
Special Effects Consolidated Laboratories, Ray Mercer, Albert Schmidt, Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, Paul Lerpae
Production Manager Captain Ralph Nelson
Consultant Major Charles Dollard
Liaison Officer Captain Maurice Monette
"Grateful acknowledgement is made to Mr. Joe Swerling for his aid in preparing the script."
Cast
CHIEF CHARACTERS Men and Women of the Armed Forces of the United States
THE HEROES Private Robert Brooks, Captain Colin Kelly, Sergeant Meyer Levin, Dorie Miller
CHURCH SOLOIST Sergeant Clyde Turner
MINISTER Carlton Moss
JIM William Broadus
MRS. BRONSON Bertha Wolford
ROBERT BRONSON Lieutenant Norman Ford
CHAPLAIN Clarence Brooks
"Choir under the direction of Jester Hairston and Army Air Force Orchestra, Major Eddie Dunstedter, Conductor"
Rental Source: University of Colorado, Bureau of Audio Visual Instruction, Stadium Building, Boulder, Colorado 80302.
Nothing But a Man
Produced by Nothing But a Man Company, Inc.
Presented by Roemer-Young and DuArt
Premiere New York, November 27, 1964
Producers Robert Young, Michael Roemer, and Robert Rubin, in association with DuArt Film Laboratories
Screenplay Michael Roemer and Robert Young
Direction Michael Roemer
Editor Luke Bennett
Cinematography Robert Young
Sound Robert Rubin
Unit Manager William Rhodes
Assistant Cameraman Peter Vollstadt
Electrician Frank Sukosd (by arrangement with Bay State Film Productions, Inc.)
Location Manager Philip Clarkson
Assistant Clayton Riley
Costumer Nancy Ruffing
Secretary Sandi Nelson
Associate Editor Robert Machover
Assistant Editor Peter Gessner
Services Cal Penny
Sound Mixer Albert Gramaglia
Harmonica Wilbur Kirk
Titles F. Hillsberg, Inc.
Musical Performances Mary Wells, The Gospel Stars, Martha and the Vandellas, The Miracles, Holland Dozier, Little Stevie Wonder, The Marvelettes (by arrangement with Motown Record Corporation)
Cast
DUFF Ivan Dixon
JOSIE Abbey Lincoln
LEE Gloria Foster
WILL Julius Harris
MILL WORKER Martin Priest
FRANKIE Leonard Parker
JOCKO Yaphet Kotto
REVEREND DAWSON Stanley Greene
EFFIE Helen Lounck
DORIS Helene Arrindell
CAR OWNER Walter Wilson
POP Milton Williams
RIDDICK Melvin Stewart
REVIVALIST Reverend Marshall Tompkins
BARNEY Alfred Puryear
JOE Charles McRae
WILLIE Ed Rowan
TEENAGERS Tom Ligon and William Jordan
SOLOIST Dorothy Hall
MRS. DAWSON Gertrude Jeanette
MILL FOREMAN Gil Rogers
GARAGE OWNER Richard Webber
SUPERINTENDENT Eugene Woods
BAR MAN Jim Wright
HIRING Boss Arland Schubert
STOREKEEPER Peter Carew
GIN FOREMAN Bill Riola
UNDERTAKER Jay Brooks
DESK CLERK Robert Berger
BESSIE Jary Banks
MILL HANDS Richard Ward and Moses Gunn
CAR PASSENGERS Mark Shapiro and William Phillips
CHURCH WOMEN Sylvia Ray, Esther Rolle, and Evelyn Davis
Rental Sources: Association Instructional Materials, 866 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022; University of California, Extension Media Center, 2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley, California 94720; Impact Films, 144 Bleecker Street, New York, New York 10012; Macmillan Films, 34 McQuesten Parkway South, Mount Vernon, New York 10550.
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Produced by Yeah, Inc.
Presented by Melvin Van Peebles and Jerry Gross
Released by Cinemation Industries
Premiere March, 1971 in Detroit and April, 1971 in Atlanta
"This film is dedicated to all the Brothers and Sisters who had enough of the Man."
"Sire, these lines are not a homage to brutality that the artist has
invented, but a hymn from the mouth of reality.""traditional prologue
of the dark ages ["supered" in French and English]
Story and Direction "A Film of Melvin Van Peebles"
Director of Photography Bob Maxwell
Cinematographers Bob Maxwell and Jose Garcia
Production Manager and Assistant Director Clyde Houston
Makeup Supervisor Nora Maxwell
Assistant Editor Jeremy Hoenack
Sound Clark Wall
Special Effects Cliff Wenger
Second Unit Director Jose Garcia
Optical Effects Muller-Curtis-O'Neill and CFI
Sound Editors John Newman and Luke Wolfram
Dubbing Art Piantadosi
Orchestra and Orchestrations Earth, Wind and Fire
Titles and Processing CFI
"Come on Feet" A & M Records
Sweetback's Wardrobe Mr. B's S Fashions of LA
Cast
"Starring the Black Community and Br'er Soul"
Co-starring
Simon Chuckster | Nick Ferrari |
Hubert Scales | Ed Rue |
John Dullaghan | Johnny Amos |
West Gale | Lavelle Roby |
Niva Rochelle | Ted Hayden |
Rhetta Hughes | [and Melvin Van Peebles] |
With
Mario Peebles | Jeff Goodman |
Sonja Dunson | Curt Matson |
Michael Agustus | Marria Evonee |
Peter Russell | Jon Jacobs |
Norman Fields | Bill Kirschner |
Ron Prince | Vincent Barbi |
Steve Cole | Chet Norris |
Megan Peebles | Joni Watkins |
Joe Tornatore | Jerry Days |
Mike Angel | John Allen |
The Copeland Family | Bruce Adams |
Rental Sources : Warner Brothers, Non-Theatrical Division, 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California 91503.
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