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Showing posts with label 1938. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1938. Show all posts

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Two-Gun Man From Harlem (1938)































Starring:

Storyline
A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

The Duke Is Tops (1938)





























Starring:

Storyline
Duke Davis (Ralph Cooper) is the tireless promoter of his songstress sweetheart, Ethel Andrews (Lena Horne). Duke believes in her singing talent, and, when she gets an offer to perform in New York City, he implores her to accept it. Unwilling, however, to abandon her beau for a rival promoter, Ethel refuses to take the booking. Undeterred, Duke hatches a selfless scheme that, while it may lead Ethel to stardom in the Big Apple, also risks driving her away from him forever.