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Thursday, January 24, 2019

Bli-Blip (1942, Soundie)













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Paul White and Marie Bryant performs "Bli-Blip." Music by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. 

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Zouzou (1934)










































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As children, Zouzou (Joséphine Baker) and Jean (Jean Gabin) performed together in a circus. Onstage, they were falsely billed as brother and sister, but in truth Zouzou harbored a secret love for her costar. As an adult, she now works as a laundress, and it seems as if her showbiz days are over. But everything changes when Jean helps land her a spot dancing at a Paris theater. Zouzou rockets to stardom, even as Jean's romance with her friend Claire (Yvette Lebon) leaves her lovelorn.

Friday, December 21, 2018

A Prince of His Race (1926) [Lost Film]

The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Sat, Jan 29, 1927 · Page 15
The Bee
Danville, Danville, Virginia
Mon, Feb 14, 1927 · Page 12
The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Sat, Oct 16, 1926 · Page 9
The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Sat, Oct 16, 1926 · Page 9
The New York Age
New York, New York, New York
Sat, Dec 04, 1926 · Page 6
The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Sat, Aug 28, 1926 · Page 9
The New York Age
New York, New York, New York
Sat, Aug 28, 1926 · Page 6
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The story deals with a young man who is sent to prison on the evidence of one whom he thought was his friend. The hero is ostracized by the townfolk after his release from prison. This forces him to leave town and incidentally leads him towards success. The friend whom he went to prison to save proves false and bribes the father of the hero's sweetheart to persuade her to marry him. Having successfully intercepted all of the letters of the missing lover, he feels all is going according to plan, and proceeds to plan the wedding. The bride is all ready, and the bridesmaids are in waiting, the preacher arrives — what happens next is the climax of the picture.

*** This film is considered lost until notified otherwise. ***