Tall, Tan, and Terrific (1946)

Starring:

• Mantan Moreland
• Monte Hawley
• Francine Everett
• Dots Johnson
• Rudy Toombs
• Barbara 'Butterbeans' Bradford
• All-Girl Golden Slipper Band
• Thelma Cordero
• Gorgeous Astor Debutantes
• Lou Swarz
• Milton Woods

Storyline

Professional gambler The Duke (Dots Johnson) attempts to cheat Handsome Harry Hansom (Monte Hawley), who owns a successful Harlem nightclub, out of his club and his contract with his lead singer and girlfriend Tall, Tan, and Terrific (Francine Everett). This leads to a murder that is solved by club comic Mantan Moreland and club photographer Butterbeans (Barbara Bradford). But the plot takes little screen time, most of which is devoted to stage acts at the nightclub.

The Negro Soldier (1944)

Starring:

• William Broadus
• Clarence Brooks
• Norman Ford

IMDB.com
This production was made in partnership with the then called Department of War. The goal of this film was to recruit African-Americans to join the war effort in WWII. The film tries to convince blacks that the U.S. has always had an amicable relationship with them. The film offers happy imagery of blacks building log cabins beside the early settlers and working pleasantly beside whites in factories. However, never does the film try to explain or apologize for slavery. The film also suggests that blacks have always had the same opportunities as whites. In this film, slavery, lynchings and inequality are simply erased. For this reason, this film is a true treasure for the propaganda film archive.

Available at archive.org

Dirty Gertie From Harlem U.S.A. (1946)

Starring:

• Francine Everett
• Don Wilson
• Katherine Moore
• Alfred Hawkins
• David Boykin
• L.E. Lewis
• Inez Newell
• Piano Frank
• John King
• Shelly Ross
• Hugh Watson
• Don Gilbert
• Spencer Williams
• July Jones
• Howard Galloway

Storyline
An all-black Caribbean island resort welcomes flashy dancer Gertie La Rue, forced to perform in this remote spot because she two-timed Al, her Harlem lover and backer, once too often. As Gertie amuses herself by dazzling the local men with her sex appeal, sanctimonious Mr. Christian (shades of 'Rain') schemes to either reform her or have her thrown off the island. On opening night, her sensuous performance exceeds Christian's worst fears...but more serious trouble awaits.