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Midnight Menace (short Film)
''Midnight Menace'' is a short American musical film released in 1946. It was produced by All-American News and Al Sack. Josh Binney directed. The plot involves a Voodoo practitioner making dead bodies appear around Lollypop Jones. The film features songs by Fats Waller and Andy Razaf. An alternative description of the plot says the film is about a Voodoo practitioner hypnotizing a man's wife and using her in his stage show. The film was advertised as having an "All Colored Cast". Jones also starred in ''Chicago After Dark'' and ''Lucky Gamblers''. Cast * Sybil Lewis *Lollypop Jones *George Wiltshire * James Dunsmore * Harold Coke * Leon Poke * Amos Austin * Alma Jones *Jimmy Walker James John Walker (June 19, 1881November 18, 1946), known colloquially as Beau James, was mayor of New York City from 1926 to 1932. A flamboyant politician, he was a liberal Democrat and part of the powerful Tammany Hall machine. He was forced t ... * Black Diamond Dollies Songs *"Don't Sell My Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-American News
All-American News was a film production company in the U.S. bringing war propaganda newsreels and entertainment films to African American audiences. Emmanuel M. Glucksman was a film industry veteran who produced All-American News films for African American audiences. He was paired with young African American filmmaker William D. Alexander, who worked on the newsreel production team, narrated, and did interviews, and Claude Barnett, an experienced journalist who also helped produce the films. Josh Binney directed some of the films. The Library of Congress has a collection of All-American newsreels and films. Filmography *''The Negro Sailor'' (1945) *'' It Happened in Harlem'' (1945) *''Chicago After Dark'' (1946), "a stream-lined feature" *''Lucky Gamblers'' (1946) *'' Midnight Menace'' (1946) *''Boarding House Blues'' (1948) *''Killer Diller (1948 film)'' (1948) *''The Joint is Jumping ''The Joint is Jumping'' is a musical comedy film from 1949. A "race film" with an African Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |