I think I saw this one but it was/is a good one. Stealing money from the safe but then in again it was a man and a women who set up the woman's husband.
@epics7 I go back further than the 1980's. It was a time these movies were made or being made yet they never made mainstream. Their existence was well hidden. Very refreshing to know of their existence. Lived in the North. Knew nothing about segregation. Neighborhoods were mixed. Ate at lunch counters with ease. Civil Rights was a second Reconstruction. Almost 100 years later. It is followed by a second Post Reconstruction where all the corrections of Reconstruction are undone. The first having lasted a hundred years, we are 60 years into the second Post Reconstruction. Not about Civil Rights. It's the second Post Reconstruction.
@epics7 Never said my experience summed up the experiences for all Black people. Speaking to your comment on segregation and it's assumption that all Black lived in segregation. It demeans the Black experience. You totally missed with your assessment of the Civil Rights Movement. Whether in segregation or not, access and awareness of these movies was not afforded to most Black people. If not for the creation of Black internet and some of Ted Turner's television channels they'd remain hidden. From the Civil Rights Movement came an expansion of Black History Week and awareness of Black History. That also contributed to the awareness of these Black films, actors, actresses and movie producers. How dare you inject your negativity into my appreciation of them.
@epics7 If you were not talking about Black people in general you would not have only mentioned integration. You would have been aware of the Northern Black experience and not limited your response to segregation. My knowledge goes way before the VHS years to the fifty cent movies which were very affordable for Black people. So was VHS, cable and other sources of these movies when they became available. Again you generalize Black people as to what was affordable. Saturdays at the movies was very common for Black people when these movies were made. Yet they weren't in the movie theaters. Only all white movies especially western. And yes they were hidden. The majority of Black people did not know they existed. As I said they weren't in the movie theater or later on television. With the Civil Rights Movement and the emergence and revitalization of Black History, Black Americans became aware of their existence and the amount of them. Yes you intervention was and is demeaning. You present a false image of Black people, Black History and the Black cinema.
According to the onscreen credits, the film was copyrighted by Argus Pictures, but no record of copyright registration has been found. No specific release date has been found for the film, although December 1939 reviews suggest that it may have been released at that time. According to unidentified contemporary clippings from the black press, this was "the first Class A film made solely for colored consumption." One article indicates that Argus, which was located in Hollywood, secured the best in technical resources and crew for the production, including a ten-piece Swing orchestra. The cast of one hundred included a retired Los Angeles police captain. According to modern sources, the cast also included Blue Washington, and Bert Goldberg was co-executive producer with Jack Goldberg. The file for the film in the MPAA/PCA (Motion Picture Association of America/Production Code Administration) Collection at the AMPAS (Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences) Library contains a letter dated October 19, 1939, in which the PCA warned producer D. R. Harwin to avoid filming the "bump and kootch movements" in the dance sequence, and to remove any sexual suggestiveness in the dialogue between "Dude" and "Sharpie." In addition, the PCA urged the producer to "minimize the showing of the slot machines... details of the jewelry store break-in...and killing of policemen by criminals."
Look at the beautiful Black women. Slim and sexy, not tattooed up, dressed feminine and nice, nice personalities, and no weaves What has happened to the American Black woman?
I interviewed Jeni LeGon on my radion show. She was well into her 90s at the time, and she was still a firecracker. Such a life, such a star.
I seriously love how women during this time period carried themselves with class, pride and dignity!💕
You are American ?
Iam brazilian i speake portugues 😥
I love that also
Patricia tha bibliophile I wish my fake gf did too🤦🏿♂️ lol and no I’m. Not a girl
I agree
Our grandparents back in those days were some beautiful people ☺️☺️
Jeni LeGon, born in 1916 and died in 2012. She was an amazing tap dancer and teacher of dance. Monte Hawley was born in 1901 and passed away in 1950.
Thanks for the history lesson
All I’m going to say is, that I like this movie, and I’m going to sit back , relax and enjoy !
I think I saw this one but it was/is a good one. Stealing money from the safe but then in again it was a man and a women who set up the woman's husband.
Maybe a different movie, but I can watch class movies like this over over!
Typo, meant to say classic movies like this.
Something about the classics 😍. They need to open up a museum because many people don't even know these people ever existed. They were so talented.
My kind of movie. Classy Black women and the Black men who fought for their heart ❤ Great Movie.
These movies need to be restored and put out on blu-ray
I agree. Target and Best Buy ain't even got any old movies😥
Thank you for sharing....love watching movies the year I was born!!
Even poor people were well dressed back in them days
I am enjoying this gem. I love the dancing and talented souls who appear in this film.
Love these old movies
Latanya Temple Me too. Well dressed actors and the women gorgeous. We know where the singing and dancing originally came from.
I love this black movies
life love You have good taste. Thanks.
Appreciate these movies. There was a time when we thought only movies made in the past were white.
@epics7 I go back further than the 1980's. It was a time these movies were made or being made yet they never made mainstream. Their existence was well hidden. Very refreshing to know of their existence. Lived in the North. Knew nothing about segregation. Neighborhoods were mixed. Ate at lunch counters with ease. Civil Rights was a second Reconstruction. Almost 100 years later. It is followed by a second Post Reconstruction where all the corrections of Reconstruction are undone. The first having lasted a hundred years, we are 60 years into the second Post Reconstruction. Not about Civil Rights. It's the second Post Reconstruction.
@epics7 Never said my experience summed up the experiences for all Black people. Speaking to your comment on segregation and it's assumption that all Black lived in segregation. It demeans the Black experience. You totally missed with your assessment of the Civil Rights Movement. Whether in segregation or not, access and awareness of these movies was not afforded to most Black people. If not for the creation of Black internet and some of Ted Turner's television channels they'd remain hidden. From the Civil Rights Movement came an expansion of Black History Week and awareness of Black History. That also contributed to the awareness of these Black films, actors, actresses and movie producers. How dare you inject your negativity into my appreciation of them.
@epics7 If you were not talking about Black people in general you would not have only mentioned integration. You would have been aware of the Northern Black experience and not limited your response to segregation.
My knowledge goes way before the VHS years to the fifty cent movies which were very affordable for Black people. So was VHS, cable and other sources of these movies when they became available. Again you generalize Black people as to what was affordable. Saturdays at the movies was very common for Black people when these movies were made. Yet they weren't in the movie theaters. Only all white movies especially western.
And yes they were hidden. The majority of Black people did not know they existed. As I said they weren't in the movie theater or later on television. With the Civil Rights Movement and the emergence and revitalization of Black History, Black Americans became aware of their existence and the amount of them.
Yes you intervention was and is demeaning. You present a false image of Black people, Black History and the Black cinema.
Those song titles are killing me.
"Jitterbugs Cuttin' Rugs."
"Hole in the Wall." 😁👏😁
Please iam brasilian post c legend in portugues i dont understand the american inglish you are wonderfoul congratulations! ❤🙂
Turn on the Captions
According to the onscreen credits, the film was copyrighted by Argus Pictures, but no record of copyright registration has been found. No specific release date has been found for the film, although December 1939 reviews suggest that it may have been released at that time. According to unidentified contemporary clippings from the black press, this was "the first Class A film made solely for colored consumption." One article indicates that Argus, which was located in Hollywood, secured the best in technical resources and crew for the production, including a ten-piece Swing orchestra. The cast of one hundred included a retired Los Angeles police captain. According to modern sources, the cast also included Blue Washington, and Bert Goldberg was co-executive producer with Jack Goldberg. The file for the film in the MPAA/PCA (Motion Picture Association of America/Production Code Administration) Collection at the AMPAS (Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences) Library contains a letter dated October 19, 1939, in which the PCA warned producer D. R. Harwin to avoid filming the "bump and kootch movements" in the dance sequence, and to remove any sexual suggestiveness in the dialogue between "Dude" and "Sharpie." In addition, the PCA urged the producer to "minimize the showing of the slot machines... details of the jewelry store break-in...and killing of policemen by criminals."
Look at the beautiful Black women.
Slim and sexy, not tattooed up, dressed feminine and nice, nice personalities, and no weaves
What has happened to the American Black woman?
and what happened to the black men, hoodys and sweats
Aww c'mon, they're not all tatted up lol 😆
this is a fabulous movie american white women also are tattooed and dressed without class seems like all women seem lost nothing makes them happy
DEALING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DECK! AND CAN GET YOU VERY DEAD! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Lol, I'll live my whole life getting it right with you"