Sepia Cinderella (1947)
Actors:
Sidney Poitier (actor),
William Greaves (actor),
Freddie Bartholomew (actor),
Billy Daniels (actor),
Arthur H. Leonard (producer),
Arthur H. Leonard (director),
Vincent Valentini (writer),
Percy Verwayen (actor),
Jack Kemp (editor),
George Williams (actor),
Emory Richardson (actor),
Jack Goldberg (producer),
Jack Carter (actor),
Billy Kyle (actor),
Sheila Guyse (actress),
Plot: The 2nd in a series of films, produced by Jack Goldberg and Arthur Leonard, made primarily for the 684 theatres (in 1947) that catered exclusively to Black audiences that were kept out, or placed in a special balcony section, in most of the theatres in segregated America. Plot concerns a struggling band leader's rise to fame after overcoming many obstacles, including a bad-girl vs. good-girl situation. For reasons unknown, Freddie Bartholomew makes a guest-cameo appearnce at the night club, and was featured in the ads and posters for the film, but the producers were barking up an empty tree if the thought was that he would sell any extra tickets in any of the booking situations...black or white. Tondaleyo (the "bad girl") dances, and musical numbers feature Deek Watson and his Brown Dots, Walter Fuller's orchestra, John Kirby's band and Ruble Blakey, former soloist with Lionel Hampton.
Keywords: cinderella
Genres:
Musical,
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938)
Actors:
Wilfred Jackson (director),
Clarence Nash (actor),
Walt Disney (producer),
Sara Berner (actress),
Sara Berner (actress),
Sara Berner (actress),
Sara Berner (actress),
Dave Barry (actor),
Dave Barry (actor),
Dave Barry (actor),
Dave Barry (actor),
Dave Barry (actor),
Dave Barry (actor),
Dave Barry (actor),
Dave Barry (actor),
Plot: Various Mother Goose rhymes are portrayed by Hollywood stars for example, Old King Cole's fiddlers three are the Marx Brothers, and Humpty Dumpty is W.C. Fields, who falls while tormenting Charlie McCarthy; Simple Simon and the Pieman are Laurel and Hardy.
Keywords: 1930s, animal-in-title, anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, blackface, cartoon-duck, celebrity, celebrity-caricature, character-name-in-title, chef
Genres:
Animation,
Comedy,
Family,
Short,
Quotes:
Katharine Hepburn as Little Bo Peep: I'm Little Bo Peep. I've lost my sheep, really I have. I can't find them anywhere, really, I can't. I think so, don't you? I do. They were such lovely sheep, really they were.
Hugh Herbert as Old King Cole: My bowl, my bowl! Oh, yes, of course. Y-yes, my bowl.::Joe Penner: You wanna buy a duck? Hee-hyuk, hee-hyuk, hee-hyuk!::Donald Duck: [in bowl] You wanna buy a duck? Ha, ha, ha, ha!::Hugh Herbert as Old King Cole: Hoo-hoo! [Closes lid]::Donald Duck: Hey, what's the big idea? Let me outta here!
W.C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty: Ah, yes, my little chickadee. Let me inspect your tiny brood. Uh, so it's you.::Charlie McCarthy: Ha, ha, ha. Lovely day, lovely day. What a beautiful sunrise. Or is that your nose?::W.C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty: Why, you... Lucifer. I'll show you...::Charlie McCarthy: Now don't get hard-boiled, or I'll sic an egg beater on you.::W.C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty: I'll mow you down! [Loses balance] Look out below. [Falls head first on a mushroom]::Charlie McCarthy: Bottoms up, Mr. Egg. Bottoms up.
[in See-Saw, Margery Daw, Edward G. Robinson and Greta Garbo are on a see-saw]::Greta Garbo: I vant so much to be alone.::Edward G. Robinson: Okay, babe. You asked for it. [Gets off see-saw, Garbo falls down]
Charles Laughton: It's mutiny!... but I love it.
[in "Simple Simon", Oliver Hardy as the pieman throws a pie at Stan Laurel as Simple Simon, but misses; the pie goes flying past]::Katharine Hepburn as Little Bo Peep: I've lost my sheep. [the pie hits her in the face, covering her face black]::Katharine Hepburn as Little Bo Peep: [imitating an African-American woman] Is any o' you old folks seen my sheep anywhere?