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(FILM.)
Special Showing for
Colored People Only!. Thursday Night,
10 P.M. “Blues in the Night.”
Small
poster, 8
1
⁄
4
x 6 inches; paper evenly toned;
tiny closed tear at top margin.
Kentucky, [1941]
[300/400]
A poster advertising a special show for colored
audiences only. In the era preceding desegrega-
tion, it was customary, not only in the South to
have special nighttime shows for the colored
population of small towns, and colored neigh-
borhoods in larger cities. After the last show for
white audiences, the theatre would often feature
films specially made for blacks. In this instance
a feature and a group of short musical subjects.
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Group of over sixty stills from African American films, and
actors, musicians, dancers et al—mostly 1930’s -1940’s.
Mostly 8 x 10 “glossies”
most with photographer’s or studio’s attribution on the reverse.
CONDITION GENERALLY
VERY GOOD
,
SHOULD BE SEEN
.
Vp, 1930’s-1940’s
[1,000/1,500]
An exceptional group that includes stills from African American films like “Tropicana,”
“Broadway Rhythm,” “Boogie Woogie,” and “Long Time No See,” with portraits and candid
shots of notable African American musicians, actors, dancers etc.: Louis Armstrong, Hazel
Scott, Duke Ellington etc.
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