1991

The Five Heartbeats

7.3/65

In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky...

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1940

Down Argentine Way

6/24

The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—...

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1935

An All-Colored Vaudeville Show

7/1

Black vaudeville acts are featured in this Vitaphone Pepper Pot short. In addition to those listed in the credits, acts include The 3 Whippets, a grou...

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1976

Disco 9000

3.8/4

Fass Black, an accomplished black man in Los Angeles, is bullied to play another record labels music at his disco club, but continually refuses becaus...

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Disco 9000

1933

The Emperor Jones

5.786/21

Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbea...

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The Emperor Jones

1988

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

6/2

Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.

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1933

Stoopnocracy

4.9/14

An animated short chronicling the adventures of Colonel Stoopnagle and Budd.

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Stoopnocracy

1935

The Big Broadcast of 1936

5.444/9

Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions of...

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The Big Broadcast of 1936

1940

Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies

0/0

The Nicholas family home movies capture a golden age of show business -- with extraordinary footage of Broadway, Harlem and Hollywood -- and also docu...

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2022

Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather

0/0

In the 1940s, the Nicholas Brothers performed a dance routine so seminal it prefigured hip hop by three decades. Contemporary dancers Les Twins choreo...

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Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather

1937

Calling All Stars

0/0

Musical review. The messenger carrying the master discs of a season drops them, so Flotsam and Jetsam are sent out to collect the stars concerned. Eac...

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Calling All Stars

1962

The Empire of Night

4/1

Usually cast as secret agent/private eye Lemmy Caution, Eddie Constantine plays "Eddie" in The Empire of Night. This time, Constantine is a cabaret si...

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The Empire of Night

1932

Pie, Pie Blackbird

6/1

Short featuring musician Eubie Blake and his orchestra, singer Nina Mae McKinney, and young tap dancers Fayard and Harold Nicholas.

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Pie, Pie Blackbird

1936

The Black Network

6/3

The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers. Since his wife's father put up the money to be the sponsor,...

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The Black Network

1974

That's Entertainment!

7.2/59

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

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That's Entertainment!

2002

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

0/0

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtuall...

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1933

Barber Shop Blues

4/1

A barber shop owner wins a sweepstake. He remodels his shop and hires Claude Hopkins and his orchestra to play for his customers. Two songs are sung,...

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Barber Shop Blues

1942

Orchestra Wives

5.8/10

Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she...

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Orchestra Wives

1935

Coronado

3/1

Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the San...

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Coronado

1941

Sun Valley Serenade

6.9/24

When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When...

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Sun Valley Serenade

1940

Tin Pan Alley

5/7

Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new s...

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Tin Pan Alley

2016

Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops

0/0

Dazzling appearances by Ursula Andress, Teresa Graves, Gloria Loring, Bobbi Martin, Romy Schneider, Miss United Kingdom, Miss Worlds, The Golddiggers,...

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Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops

1936

Don't Gamble with Love

0/0

Standard tale of husband and wife living a party lifestyle. He works in a gambling hall and she occasionally models and sings. Because they want to st...

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Don't Gamble with Love

1956

Hello Kathrin

5/2

German musical with Caterina Valente and Peter Alexander.

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Hello Kathrin

1992

The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance

0/0

The Nicholas Brothers are presented here in a way that reflects the joy and intrinsic goodness that seemed to come from their hearts, and express itse...

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The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

5.7/7

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1953

El misterio del carro express

5/4

Police detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train robbery.

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El misterio del carro express

1944

Take It or Leave It

4/1

A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.

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Take It or Leave It

1943

Stormy Weather

6.9/39

The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early...

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Stormy Weather

1944

Reckless Age

0/0

Linda Wadsworth rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth, and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one...

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2002

It's Black Entertainment

8/2

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Willi...

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It's Black Entertainment

1989

Tap

6.7/24

Max Washington has just been released from prison after serving time for burglary. He returns to his old hangout, a hoofer club. His old girl friend,...

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Tap

1985

That's Dancing!

7/18

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30...

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That's Dancing!

1939

My Son Is Guilty

8/1

Honest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.

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My Son Is Guilty

2003

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

7/6

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award...

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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

1974

Uptown Saturday Night

6.2/32

Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.

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Uptown Saturday Night

1953

El mensaje de la muerte

5.3/3

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1995

Funny Bones

6.5/48

Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a comedian—start...

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Funny Bones

1948

The Pirate

6.4/92

A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and...

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The Pirate

1934

Kid Millions

6.5/6

A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.

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Kid Millions

1941

The Great American Broadcast

5.4/5

After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coa...

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The Great American Broadcast

1998

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

0/0

Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their...

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Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

2019

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

5/2

Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous, o...

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Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

1944

Carolina Blues

5.3/3

When he loses his lead singer, bandleader Kay Kyser can't find a replacement he likes.

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Carolina Blues