Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Pioneers of African-American Cinema • 1h 0m
Spencer Williams • United States • 1946
Sultry entertainment lands a woman in hot water.
In an unauthorized retelling of W. Somerset Maugham’s short story “Miss Thompson”, Francine Everette stars as Gertie La Rue, a nightclub entertainer who arrives at a Caribbean resort to entertain the tourists and the G.I.s stationed nearby. But an intolerant reformer condemns Gertie’s sultry brand of entertainment and vows to chase her back to Harlem.
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Eleven P.M.
Richard Maurice • United States • 1928
A surreal melodrama with one of cinema's strangest endings.
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Heaven-Bound Travelers
Eloyce Gist, James Gist • United States • 1935
A long-lost follow-up to HELL-BOUND TRAIN.
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Hell-Bound Train
Eloyce Gist, James Gist • United States • 1930
Arguably the most significant discovery in our Pioneers set.
Arguably the most significant rediscovery in Pioneers of African-American Cinema. The film is the work of self-taught filmmakers James and Eloyce Gist, African-American evangelists who em...
