Storyline
A young white collegian and a fellow black student struggling for
understanding come to realize that living together harmoniously is a
two-way street. This film about racial relationships points out that no
matter what the color of the skin, God created man to share one blood.
Storyline Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt
Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in
church, but he can't stay away from the music of the streets and
workers. After he writes a theme song for a local politician, Gogo, a
speakeasy singer, convinces Will to be her accompanist. Will is
estranged from his father for many years while he writes and publishes
many blues songs. At last the family is reunited when Gogo brings them
to New York to see Will's music played by a symphony orchestra.
Storyline When wild child Anna Lucasta (Kitt) is banished from the family home by her self-righteous father, she falls into a life of prostitution and into the arms of street-wise sailor Danny Johnson (Davis). But after
Anna shocks them all by finally finding true love with a well-heeled
young suitor, her unforgiving father sets a vengeful plan in motion to remind his daughter of her sordid past and destroy her future forever!
Anna Lucasta (1944 - 1946, Broadway)
The 1958 film was based on a Broadway play featuring an all-black cast. Anna Lucasta (Broadway) seen huge success in having over 900 performances in a two-year span. The lead actress that played the character Anna Lucasta was Hilda Simms (The Joe Louis Story).
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