Race Movies: The Duke Is Tops/The Black King/Spirit Of Youth/The Glove
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Actor: A.B. DeComathiere, Edna Mae Harris, Joe Louis, Lena Horne, Ralph CooperDirector: Bud Pollard
Brand: Echo
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 301 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-01
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Race Movies: The Duke Is Tops/The Black King/Spirit Of Youth/The Glove
DVD Review: 1930's Black cinema offers role models
Summary: 3 Stars
"Race movies," a genre unique to the United States between 1915 and 1947, were quite popular with black Southern audiences and in Northern industrial cities that had large African American communities. After the successful legal desegregation of the film industry in 1948, this type of movie vanished, literally. Today, only a fifth of the original 500 race films still exist.
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"The Black King" - A Baptist minister starts a "Back to Africa" movement, but is accused of swindling money from his followers. This movie, made by a white-owned company, was billed as a satire on the life of Marcus Garvey, an early black separatist. (After a fraud conviction, Garvey was deported to Jamaica in 1925-- he is now recognized as a hero of that island nation.)
"The Duke is Tops" - In order to further her career, Duke Davis convinces his girlfriend Ethel to leave his management, become a "single" and employ a talent scout. Ethel flops in her new show and so does Duke's latest production, now that Ethel is gone. Duke finds renewed success with a colorful travelling medicine show, then creates a venue for Ethel that's based on the medicine show concept.
"The Glove" - Cult film from the late 1970s. A down-on-his-luck former baseball player turned bounty hunter pursues a violent giant who beats his chosen victims with a formidable and frightening police riot glove. (This movie is an anomaly in this series.)
"Spirit Of Youth" - Biography of a fictional boxer that parallels in part the life of its star, Joe Louis. After he has a run-in with the gambling element, friends help heavyweight fighter Joe Thomas get his career back on track.
A similar 4-movie set is the SPENCER WILLIAMS COLLECTION.
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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.
(3.7) The Black King (1932) - A.B. DeComathiere/Vivianne Baber/Knolly Mitchell
(5.1) The Duke is Tops (1938) - Ralph Cooper/Lena Horne/Laurence Criner/Rubberneck Holmes/Basin Street Boys/Cats and the Fiddle
(4.9) The Glove (1979) - John Saxon/Roosevelt Grier/Joanna Cassidy/Joan Blondell/Jack Carter/Aldo Ray/Keenan Wynn
(6.0) Spirit Of Youth (1938) - Joe Louis/Edna Mae Harris/Clarence Muse/Mae Turner
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