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DVD005955

Hallelujah

Vidor, King

Turner Entertainment Co., 2006

Description:

DVD - Region 1.   viewing copy.   1 videodisc of 1.
b/w.   fullscreen.   sound - Dolby digital monaural.  

Notes:

Special features include: audio commentary by scholars Donald Bogle and Avery Clayton; theatrical trailer.

Titles

+ Pie, Pie Blackbird

Director:

Mack, Roy

Production Co:

Vitaphone Corp.

Running Time:

Short.   11 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1932

Language:

English

Genre:

Musical

Notes:

Musical comedy short featuring Nina Mae McKinney and Eubie Blake & Band performing inside a giant pie.

+ Black Network, The

Director:

Mack, Roy

Production Co:

Vitaphone

Running Time:

Short.   21 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1945 - 1946

Language:

English

Genre:

Musical, Comedy

Notes:

Musical comedy short about a black radio station in Harlem, featuring Nina Mae McKinney and the Nicholas Brothers.

+ Hallelujah

Director:

Vidor, King

Production Co:

MGM

Running Time:

Feature.   100 minutes

Sound:

sound - Dolby digital monaural

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1929

Language:

English with optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles

Genre:

African - American Interest, Musical, Drama

Notes:

MGM’s first all-black feature follows the fortunes of Zeke, a poor cotton farmer, who succumbs to the temptations of a mercenary honky-tonk girl. Special features include: audio commentary by scholars Donald Bogle and Avery Clayton; Vitaphone musical shorts PIE, PIE BLACKBIRD (1932, b/w, 11 minutes) and THE BLACK NETWORK (1946, b/w, 21 minutes); theatrical trailer.

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