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(FILM.)
Harlem on the Prairie.
Full sheet poster, 42 x 28 inches; creases
where folded, a few closed tears; small
hole at the center conjunction of the
folds.
Np: Associated Features, 1938
[800/1,200]
Billed as the “first all-colored western musical”
Harlem on the Prairie starred Herbert Jeffries
and featured Mantan Moreland, a guarantee
hit-maker. Filmed on location at Murray’s
Dude Ranch, Apple Valley, California. The
ranch was founded by N.B. Murray, a black
businessman from Los Angeles. President and
chief producer Jed Buell, spent less than
$50,000 on this picture.
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(FILM.) CHESTER, ALFRED
“SLICK.”
Whispering Tales.
Full sheet
poster 41 x 27 inches linen backed; one
half of which is blank, providing space for
local theatres to write in the time of
showing etc.
Np, circa 1930’s
[1,000/1,500]
“
Her Kisses were Death Traps.” “Whispering
Tales,” starred Laura Bowman, Walter Mosley,
and Alfred “Slick” Chester and might have
been a re-titling of “Bondage”, a 1932 Milton
Frackman movie. This is based on a review
describing a movie titled “Bondage” that coin-
cidentally also starred Laura Bowman and
Slick Chester. Not in the Edward Mapp collec-
tion nor John Kisch and Edward Mapp’s
excellent reference “Separate Cinema.” There
is also the possibility that this was never
released under this title.
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