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Monday, January 22, 2018

Rhapsody in Black and Blue (1932)














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A husband who listens to jazz instead of mopping the floor is hit in the head with a mop by his wife; he dreams he's King of Jazzmania, a land of soapsuds where Louis Armstrong performs 'I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You' and 'Shine'.  

Saturday, January 20, 2018

Revenge (1986)




























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A peace-loving family man moves to a vacant farm in search of a new life. His hopes are shattered when his son is badly beaten and his wife is murdered by a gang of ruthless thugs. He is left bloody in the dirt until fate finally intervenes. Rescued and nursed back to health by a good samaritan living alone in the hills, something is amiss. The hermit is soon revealed to be a reformed gangster – a deadly gunslinger who trains the man and sets him on a path of preparation to exact his revenge upon his wife’s murderers.

Harlem After Midnight (1934) [Lost Film]




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The story is built around Negro gangsters who kidnap a wealthy Jew and just about get away with it, until Micheaux, in the role of a clever sleuth, breaks up the racket.

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

Harlem on the Prairie (1937) [Lost Film]






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First all-colored cast Western made. This was filmed on location at N.B. Murray's Black dude ranch near Victorville, California.

A former criminal returns home twenty years later to make things right by returning heisted gold left buried. En route, he is killed by outlaws. Before he dies he entrusts a secret gold location map to his trusted companion. His companion encounters outlaws and comedians en route to restoring the gold to its rightful owners. 

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