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19321930s FEATURE FILMS
FILM BY PIONEER BLACK FILMMAKER OSCAR MICHEAUX. IMAGES OF HARLEM NIGHT LIFE CIRCA EARLY 1930s FEATURES LORENZO TUCKER. RARE ALL BLACK CAST MUSICAL FEATURE FILM PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED ONLY FOR THEATERS WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN AUDIENCES. SEGREGATION. KNOWN AS "RACE FILM". AFRICAN AMERICAN CAST, PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS. BLACK NIGHTCLUB. BLACK VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT: TOBA OR THEATRE OWNERS BOOKING ASSOCIATION AKA "TOUGH ON BLACK ARTISTS". BEFORE CHITLIN' CIRCUIT. AFTER HARLEM RENAISSANCE.

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RARE ALL BLACK CAST MUSICAL FEATURE FILM PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED ONLY FOR THEATERS WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN AUDIENCES. SEGREGATION. KNOWN AS "RACE FILM". AFRICAN AMERICAN CAST, PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS. BLACK NIGHTCLUB. BLACK VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT: TOBA OR THEATRE OWNERS BOOKING ASSOCIATION AKA "TOUGH ON BLACK ARTISTS". BEFORE CHITLIN' CIRCUIT. AFTER HARLEM RENAISSANCE. FLOOR SHOW IN HARLEM NIGHTCLUB. BLACK CHORUS GIRLS ALA COTTON CLUB REVUE. FLOOR SHOW. BLACK COUPLES SIT AT NIGHTCLUB TABLES.
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CLASSIC HARLEM NIGHTCLUB SPEAKEASY FLOOR SHOW JAZZ MUSICAL REVUE. ECCENTRIC DANCER WITH CHORUS LINE OF HIGH YELLAR LIGHTSKINNED BLACK GIRLS
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GARY & GEORGE CLASSIC BLACKFACE COMICS ACTUALLY MILLER & LYLES FROM SHUFFLE ALONG.
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN BLACKFACE MAKE-UP. MINSTREL SHOW COMEDY
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BLACK FEMALE CROONER - GIVE ME A MAN LIKE THAT CLASSIC HARLEM RISQUE BALLAD SUNG BY AFRICAN AMERICAN SONGSTRESS ALA COTTON CLUB
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BLACK SHOW GIRL SINGS
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CHORUS GIRLS DANCE IN FRONT OF BLACK JAZZ BAND IN HARLEM NIGHTCLUB TO SONG "HOME"
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BLACK COUPLES DANCE IN NIGHTCLUB TO BLACK JAZZ BAND
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CHORUS GIRLS BLACK BOTTOM TO HOT JAZZ TUNE - SWEET GEORGIA BROWN. CLASSIC HARLEM FLOOR SHOW
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BLACK BAND PLAYS I'VE GOT RHYTHM. PATRONS DANCE
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BLACK BAND PLAYS - YOUR DRIVING ME CRAZY WOMAN WALKS UP TO TABLE AND SHOOTS MAN
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BLACK COUPLES DANCE TO JAZZ BAND IN HARLEM SPEAKEASY NIGHTCLUB
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BLACK WOMAN ON TRAIN READS LETTER. BLACK MIGRATION.
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BLACK WOMAN IN LARGE TRAIN STATION. PENN STATION? CATCHES CAB IN NEW YORK CITY 1932.
CAR DRIVES UPTOWN TO HARLEM? GREAT NEW YORK CITY STREET SCENES SHOT FROM MOVING CAR.
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BLACK FLAPPER SITS AND SMOKES CIGARETTE BLACK COUPLE SMOKE AND DRINK
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JUNGLE THEMED DANCE NUMBER IN HARLEM NIGHTCLUB SONG PERFORMED IS DIGGA DIGGA DO FROM BLACKBIRDS OF 1928. FAMOUS ALL BLACK CAST BROADWAY SHOW FROM 1928. AUTHENTIC!
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BLACKS ON TRAIN MIGRATION FROM SOUTH TO CHICAGO. BLACK MIGRATION.
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