Race Films DVD Set

Description: Race Films DVD Set! Race Films were movies made for and by African-Americans during the first half of the 20th century. Because these movies were made for African-Americans, they were called Race Films. These Race Films provided Black people with images of the African-American experience that were conspicuously absent from Hollywood films. Race Films allowed black actors and actresses to display their acting talent in serious dramatic roles. Now you can watch these Race Films on DVD in the "Race Films DVD Set!” In the "Race Films DVD Set" you get 95 full feature length Race Films, plus 45 short Race Films! In the "Race Films DVD Set" you will get these great full feature length Race Films: WITHIN OUR GATES 1920: abandoned by her fiancé, an educated negro woman with a shocking past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished negro youths. THE SYMBOL OF THE UNCONQUERED 1920: a woman goes West to claim her dead grandfather's mine and encounters trouble. BODY AND SOUL 1925: in his first film, Paul Robeson plays a dual role--a preacher who preys on the people and the heroine and his brother, a good man. THE SCAR OF SHAME 1927: an educated, upscale young musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather, who beats and abuses her. However, once he "saves" her, he won't let his new wife meet his mother, as he knows she will be angry and disappointed with him for marrying someone "below his station". ELEVEN PM 1928: an all-Black cast thriller race film. BORDERLINE 1929: a Black woman having an adulterous affair with a white man causes his wife to go mad and re-enforces the towns-folk's prejudice against Blacks. THE EXILE 1931: a Black man, disenchanted with his fiancee, leaves Chicago for the West. HARLEM IS HEAVEN 1932: a girl comes from the south to Harlem looking for work, she gets to become a star but she has to pay for her stardom and she gets involved in some risky business. TEN MINUTES TO LIVE 1932: a mystery race film built around a threatening note which gives the heroine only ten minutes to live. THE BLACK KING 1932: a corrupt preacher gains control of a Mississippi church, and come up with a plan to scam church members with a back to Africa scheme. VEILED ARISTOCRATS 1932: a lawyer who returns home to find that his light-skinned sister is about to marry a dark-skinned man. His mother disapproves and has picked a "more suitable" candidate. THE GIRL FROM CHICAGO 1932: a young Black secret service agent on a case in Mississipi meets and falls in love with a young woman who's being menaced by a local crime boss. THE EMPEROR JONES 1933: a Paul Robeson film. Pullman porter, manages to usurp the throne of the ruler of a Caribbean island. His lust for power leads to disastrous consequences. LOUISIANNA 1934: Saturday Sinners and Sunday Saints Clash in the Battle of Good Against Evil. MURDER IN HARLEM 1935: a black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After he reports it, he finds himself accused of the murder. SANDERS OF THE RIVER 1935: Paul Robeson plays Bosambo, a self-appointed leader of the river people who respects "Sandi," the representative of the English crown in this part of West Africa. Complications arise when a bellicose tribal chief foments bloody rebellion by attacking Bosambo's people, and kidnapping his wife. SONG OF FREEDOM 1936: Paul Robeson plays John Zinga, a descendant of slaves, who longs to return to his homeland in Africa to help his oppressed people. DARK MANHATTAN 1937: a Harlem gangster rise to power. His downfall comes at the end as he is assassinated by his former associates. JERICO 1937: Paul Robeson portrays Jericho a falsely convicted soldier who flees from war time France to Africa. THE SPIRIT OF YOUTH 1937: a poor black fighter climbs to the top of the boxing world. THE BIG FELLA 1937: a Paul Robeson film. The police is asking him to help find a missing boy. UNDERWORLD 1937: a young man, graduate of a Southern black college, who becomes a part of the Chicago underworld. GOD'S STEPCHILDREN 1937: a light-skinned child abandoned by her mother, doesn't want to acknowledge her race. SWING 1938: Ted Gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway, but he has trouble with his star singer. TWO GUN MAN FROM HARLEM 1938: a cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him. THE DUKE IS TOPS 1938: successful performer who almost loses her man because his career as a producer is failing. KEEP PUNCHING 1939: a golden gloves champion, agrees to turn professional when approached by a fight manager, despite the opposition raised by his father and his girlfriend. GANG SMASHERS 1939: Nina Mae McKinney plays an FBI agent who goes undercover to bring down a Harlem racketeer gangster. MIDNIGHT SHADOW 1939: in a all-black Oklahoma town, a wealthy white man is murdered. STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN 1939: Joe Williams is a chemist who recently lost his job to George Elliott. Joe is framed for the murder of George. Joe's wife Ida Williams, infiltrates the gang that framed her husband, to prove Joe's innocence. LYING LIPS 1939: a nightclub singer, is convicted and sent to prison for the murder of her aunt, a detective set out to prove her innocence. MOON OVER HARLEM 1939: a Harlem widow unwittingly marries a double-talking gangster. PARADISE IN HARLEM 1939: Between swing and blues musical numbers, the story of comedian Lem Anderson, whose long-awaited chance to act dramatically vanishes when he witnesses a mob killing and is forced to leave town. WAY DOWN SOUTH 1939: based on the classic critically acclaimed novel by Langston Hughes. DOUBLE DEAL 1939: a gangster is double crossed, and ends up on the wrong end of a policeman's gun. BRONZE BUCKAROO 1939: Bob Blake and his boys arrive at Joe Jackson's ranch to find him missing. While Slim cheats Dusty out of his money using ventriloquism and marked cards, Blake tries to find Jackson. Learning that Thorne and his gang hold him prisoner, he and his men trail them. When Thorne's gang gets the drop on them, Slim puts his ventriloquism to work. HARLEM RIDES THE RANGE 1939: a cowboy and his sidekick try to help a homesteader from being cheated out of his property. THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER 1939: after her father's death, a woman returns to Jamaica to run his banana plantation but her stepsister wants her out of the way and is willing to use voodoo. SON OF INGAGI 1940: a newlywed couple is visited by a strange old woman who harbors a secret about the young girl's father. MYSTERY IN SWING 1940: a murder mystery with terrific music. GANG WAR 1940: two rival gangs struggle to control the juke box machines in Harlem. BROKEN STRINGS 1940: a Black violinist, injury his hands in an automobile accident. His son and pupils must raise money for his operation. SUNDAY SINNERS 1940: the local preacher is in hot water with some of his congregation because he tolerates a local night club. The preachers attitude is that so long as they remain closed on the Sabbath he has no problem with people blowing off a little steam. However he changes his mind when the club opens on Sunday. Meanwhile the club owner has other problems on his plate including a gang who wants to provide protection. PROUD VALLEY 1940: a Paul Robeson film. Paul Robeson is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens. LUCKY GHOST 1941: two down-on-their luck friends suddenly hit the "jackpot" when they win the clothes, car and chauffeur of a rich man in a game of dice. They wind up in a sanitarium that's being used as an exclusive, though illegal, gambling club and get mixed up with beautiful women, jealous gangsters and ghosts. MISTAKEN IDENTITY 1941: a murder mystery which involves a woman who works at a nightclub as a performer and her former boyfriend who escapes from prison. THE BLOOD OF JESUS 1941: a godly young woman in the rural south, is accidently shot by her husband. As she lies dying, an Angel take her soul on a symbolic journey, while the devil try to lures her with the temptations of sins. MURDER ON LENOX AVENUE 1941: dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house center around Pa Wilkins, chosen by the Better Business League to replace their ousted, crooked leader Marshall, who wants revenge. WHERE'S MY MAN TONIGHT? 1943: Sergeant Robert L. Keen, an officer of the African-American 25th Regiment, is sent to many Northern states and all over the deep South on a recruitment tour. THE NEGRO SOLDIER 1943: a film about life for black soldiers in the U.S. Army during World War II. OF ONE BLOOD 1944: an FBI agent goes undercover, and he discover the gang leader is a child hood friend. The gang leader saved the FBI agent life, when they were youth. GO DOWN DEATH 1944: a bar owner attempts to discredit the new preacher with whom he is feuding by framing him with a photograph showing him drinking with women with bad reputations. THE BIG TIMERS 1945: a wealthy society man is dating a beautiful woman who he believes is also in his "socioeconomic class". In actuality, she is the daughter of a poor hotel maid. BEALE STREET MAMA 1946: a street cleaner and his pal, find some stolen money which they use to try to establish themselves in the good life. They are found out and end up losing everything. DIRTY GERTIE FROM HARLEM 1946: Gertie is on the run from the man she has jilted. TALL TAN AND TERRIFIC 1946: a nightclub owner and his gambling problem which lands him in trouble for a crime he didn't commit and he loses his club and girl. THE GIRL IN ROOM 20 1946: a girl from a small town in Texas, moves to New York City to pursue her dream of becoming a singer. However, her dreams prove to be far more difficult to realize than she had ever imagined. BEWARE 1946: a former student come to the rescue of his alma mater (a Black College) by exposing the unscrupulous tactics of the college president. SEPIA CINDERELLA 1947: a songwriter and a singer who, after trials and tribulations, get back together to the tune of his "Cinderella Song." BOY!WHAT A GIRL 1947: an ex-prizefighter dress up like a woman, to woo a Chicago businessman to invest in a business. JUKE JOINT 1947: two broke con men get involved in a small town beauty pageant. JUNCTION 88 1947: small town lovers are aided by a visiting showman. HI-DE-HO 1947: Cab Calloway is pressured into leaving the Brass NightClub in favor of a criminally run NightClub across the street. REET PETITE AND GONE 1947: a crooked lawyer, plan to scheme a weathy retired musical star, the musical star son must stop the lawyer. LOOKOUT SISTER 1947: a cowboy helps a pretty ranch owner save her ranch from the scheming mortgage holder who wants to foreclose on the ranch so he can claim the oil he has discovered on the property. BOARDING HOUSE BLUES 1948: an evil landlord intends to evict "Moms Mabley" and her tenants from her boarding house because she can't pay the rent. NO TIME FOR ROMANCE 1948: a unconfident composer who's discovered by a singing star and both of them make each other's dreams come true while overcoming a jealous has-been plan to ruined them. MIRACLE IN HARLEM 1948: a crooked real estate tycoon tricks a trusting young woman out of her small candy store. When he is found dead, the girl is suspected of the crime. THE QUIET ONE 1948: the story of a young boy growing up in Harlem. SOULS OF SIN 1949: tired of being broke, an unsuccessful gambler engage in illegal activities. THE JACKIE ROBINSON STORY 1950: Jackie Robinson plays himself in the story of his breakthrough to the major leagues and his early playing career. NATIVE SON 1951: based on the classic novel by Richard Wright. This is the original Native Son film. MAGIC GARDEN 1952: a mother finds money in the garden, and it changes life for a string of unfortunates. THE JOE LOUIS STORY 1953: a fictional dramatization of Joe Louis career in the ring and outside the ring. BURLESQUE IN HARLEM 1954: a filmed performance of a Burlesque show in Harlem. JIVIN IN BE-BOP 1946: A musical film starring Dizzy Gillespie. KILLER DILLER 1948: A musical comedy drama film starring: Nat King Cole, Moms Mabley, Dusty Fletcher, and Butterfly McQueen. SIREN OF THE TROPICS 1927: A Josephine Baker film, The film tells the story of a native girl named Papitou (Josephine Baker) who falls in love with a French man named André Berval. ZOU ZOU 1934: A Josephine Baker film, Zou Zou tries to help her childhood friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murder. PRINCESS TAM TAM 1935: A Josephine Baker film, A French novelist passes off a African shepherdess as a princess. THE FRENCH WAY 1945: A Josephine Baker film, Cabaret star Zazu intervenes when young lovers are sundered by their parents' feud. CARIB GOLD 1956: The hard-working but struggling crew of a shrimp boat discover a sunken treasure. Trouble ensues in this dramatic black-cast production. Starring Ethel Waters and Cicely Tyson! Carib Gold was Cicely Tyson first film. THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS 1951: The Harlem Globetrotters is a 1951 movie about the famous basketball team The Harlem Globetrotters. The movie stars Dorothy Dandridge and the Harlem Globetrotters. Billy Townsend (played by Globetrotter Billy Brown) drops out of college to join the famous Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. But then he starts to think about what direction he should take going forward. Getting into it with his teammates and trying to please his new wife (played by Dorothy Dandridge) who is worried about his future. GO MAN GO 1954: Go Man Go is a movie about the famous basketball team The Harlem Globetrotters. The movie stars Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, and the Harlem Globetrotters. The movie tracks the Globetrotters from humble beginnings through a triumph over a major-league basketball team, as they struggle to overcome racial discrimination. THE BLACK REBELS 1960: Teenagers who resort to racially motivated crimes. To combat this problem, the cops send two recent police academy graduates to a local high school to pose as students. CHECKERBOARD 1960: In a southern town, Black men are falsely accused of beating a White man. MY BABY IS BLACK 1961: The story of an interracial couple in the 1960s as their relationship faces backlash. NOTHING BUT A MAN 1964: A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America. BLACK LIKE ME 1964: Based on the true story of a white reporter who, at the height of the civil-rights movement, temporarily darkened his skin so that he could experience the realities of a black man's life in the segregated South. MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI 1965: Seething racial tension when two civil rights workers in Mississippi are killed. THE BLACK KLANSMAN 1966: After a Black man's daughter is killed by the KKK, he seeks revenge by becoming a Klansman. Whitman Mayo aka Grady from Sanford and Son makes his acting debut in this movie. HIGH YELLOW 1965: Cynthia Wood is the new girl in town. She is a light-skinned 17-year-old biracial girl, who tries to pass as white. ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO 1964: A white divorcée falls in love with and marries an African-American man. When her ex-husband sues for custody of her child, arguing that a mixed household is an improper place to raise the girl, the new husband fights for his parental rights in court, fighting against a judge who represents the prejudices of the era. Starring: Bernie Hamilton aka Captain Dobby from Starsky & Hutch, and Robert Earl Jones, father of James Earl Jones PURLIE VICTORIOUS 1963: An idealistic young man returns to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. He brings his fiancée Lutiebelle, but hopes to convince the plantation owner that she is really his cousin to secure the family inheritance. Aiding the comic complications are his family members Missy and Gitlow and the plantation owner's endearing but ineffectual son Charlie. Starring: Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Godfrey Cambridge, Beah Richards I PASSED FOR WHITE 1960: A young girl meets and marries the man of her dreams--only she hasn't told him that she is half-black, and he and his rich family and friends are white. Plus you will get the following 45 short Race Films: NATURAL BORN GAMBLER 1916 SPYING THE SPY 1918 ST.LOUIS BLUES 1929 THE MELANCHOLY DAME 1929 FRAMING OF THE SHREW 1929 OFT IN THE SILLY NIGHT 1929 BLACK AND TAN 1929 MUSIC HATH HARMS 1929 A RHAPSODY IN BLACK AND BLUE 1931 THE DARK TOWN REVUE 1931 PIE PIE BLACK BIRD 1932 JUBILEE STRICTLY GI 1932 RUFUS JONES FOR PRESIDENT 1933 THAT'S THE SPIRIT 1933 KING FOR A DAY 1934 BUBBLING OVER 1934 HI-DE-HO 1934 SYMPHONY IN BLACK 1935 JITTERING JITTER-BUGS 1935 AN ALL-COLORED VAUDEVILLE SHOW 1935 BROKEN EARTH 1936 THE BLACK NETWORK 1936 A STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA 1936 BARBERSHOP BLUES 1937 MURDER IN SWING TOWN 1937 HI-DE-HO 1937 THE NEGRO FARMER 1937 WE WORK AGAIN 1937 THE NEGRO IN ENTERTAINMENT 1939 FARMER HENRY BROWNE 1942 THE NEGRO PILOTS 1943 NEGRO COLLEGES IN WAR TIME 1943 BOOGIE WOOGIE DREAM 1944 RATION BLUES 1944 BIPP BANG BOOGIE 1944 BLUES AND BOOGIE 1945 THE NEGRO SAILOR 1945 OPEN THE DOOR RICHARD 1945 ANSWER TO OPEN THE DOOR RICHARD 1945 MIDNIGHT MENACE 1946 WOMAN'S A FOOL 1947 MR.ADAMS BOMB 1949 THE NEGRO IN SPORTS 1949 NEW GIRL IN THE OFFICE 1959 INTEGRATION REPORT 1 1960 THE NEGRO IN INDUSTRY 1962 Also Order The "1970s Black Movies DVD Set" To Order The "1970s Black Movies DVD Set" Please Go To: https://www.ebay.com/itm/263764547647 Race Films Race Movies Old Black Movies Classic Black Movies Black Movies 1920s Black Movies 1930s Black Movies 1940s Black Movies 1950s Black Movies 1960s 1920s Black Movies 1930s Black Movies 1940s Black Movies 1950s Black Movies 1960s Black Movies Black History Movies 1920s African American Movies 1930s African American Movies 1940s African American Movies 1950s African American Movies 1960s African American Movies African American Movies 1920s African American Movies 1930s African American Movies 1940s African American Movies 1950s African American Movies 1960s

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