DVD: Nina Mae McKinney

DVD: Nina Mae McKinney

DVD:

Nina Mae McKinney

Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore

20th Century Fox, 2006

Old-fashioned But Still Powerful
A good story and fine performances from two old stage pros (Ethel Waters and Ethel Barrymore). Jeanne Crain as a black girl strains credibility, no doubt. But the ensemble scenes of white bigots and the way a handful of whites stand up to them is very anticipatory of ...

Hallelujah

Daniel L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney

Warner Home Video, 2006

Truly Hallelujah
This was a truly fabulous movie. It was so good to see the cinematic efforts from so far back (1929). The commentary from the movie added to its historical impact. We have made tremenous progress since those days and our stars today should be proud to stand on their ...

Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist (The Emperor Jones / Body and Soul / Borderline / Sanders of the River ...

Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks

Criterion, 2007

An excellent release
This Release of Paul Robeson films is a great release from Criterion. Released for Black History Month, this set includes 7 feature films and two documentaries. Each disc contains two fims and select special features "The Emperor Jones" is about a black man who ...

Dark Waters

Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone

Image Entertainment, 1999

Good Gothic Drama
Though the suspense is on the low burner in this Andre De Toth film starring beautiful Merle Oberon and Franchot Tone, those who enjoy a good gothic drama will find much to like here. Nice camera work from Archie Stout and John Mescall and a fine score from Miklos ...

Race Movies: Hi-De-Ho/The Devil's Daughter/Beware/Reet, Petite, and Gone

Louis Jordan, Cab Calloway

Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, 2004

Good collection of early Black films
This is a fine collection of early Black American films from the 1930s and 40s. It begins with Cab Calloway in "Hi De Ho" (1947), a story of Cab fighting gangsters and a sluttish "girlfriend" (Jeni Le Gon as Minnie the Moocher-who he regrettably slaps early on in the ...

The Devil's Daughter/Chloe - Love is Calling

Olive Borden, Reed Howes

Alpha Video, 2005

Nina Mae McKinney overacts in this film!
This was a independent film production as you can see and you will see when you watch the film the filming isn't really good and its not glorius black and white like in Hollywood, but that was the disadvantage of of independent films, they wasn't as good as Hollywood, ...