Spencer Williams Movies

  • 1941
    The Blood of Jesus

    The Blood of Jesus

    The Blood of Jesus

    4.81941HD

    Razz accidentally shoots his wife Martha when his hunting rifle drops on the floor and discharges. The church congregation gathers at Martha’s bedside...

    The Blood of Jesus
  • 1946
    Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.

    Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.

    Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.

    4.71946HD

    A Harlem nightclub entertainer arrives on the Caribbean island of "Rinidad" to perform as the headliner in a revue at the Paradise Hotel. She quickly...

    Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
  • 1944
    Go Down Death

    Go Down Death

    Go Down Death

    3.41944HD

    The owner of a juke joint arranges to frame an innocent preacher with a scandalous photograph, but his scheme backfires when his own adoptive mother i...

    Go Down Death
  • 1939
    Harlem Rides the Range

    Harlem Rides the Range

    Harlem Rides the Range

    3.31939HD

    A wandering cowboy and his sidekick try to resolve a murder.

    Harlem Rides the Range
  • 1947
    Juke Joint

    Juke Joint

    Juke Joint

    5.31947HD

    Bad News Johnson, a con artist from Memphis, Tennessee, arrives in Dallas, Texas, accompanied by his dim sidekick July Jones with only twenty-five cen...

    Juke Joint
  • 1946
    The Girl in Room 20

    The Girl in Room 20

    The Girl in Room 20

    01946HD

    Daisy Mae Walker is an aspiring singer from a small town in Texas, who comes to New York City to pursue a show business career, but falls prey to a sl...

    The Girl in Room 20
  • 1938
    Two-Gun Man from Harlem

    Two-Gun Man from Harlem

    Two-Gun Man from Harlem

    4.51938HD

    A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He in...

    Two-Gun Man from Harlem
  • 1939
    Bad Boy

    Bad Boy

    Bad Boy

    3.71939HD

    Johnny Fraser leaves his mother in their small home town and sets out for the big city. He obtains a job with a large firm of architects. Steve Carson...

    Bad Boy
  • 1949
    Rhapsody of Negro Life

    Rhapsody of Negro Life

    Rhapsody of Negro Life

    01949HD

    Film by Spencer Williams.

    Rhapsody of Negro Life
  • 1929
    The Framing of the Shrew

    The Framing of the Shrew

    The Framing of the Shrew

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    Privacy Robson is a downtrodden husband who takes advice from his friend Florian Slappey. He eventually gets the upper hand after starting divorce pro...

    The Framing of the Shrew
  • 1937
    Harlem on the Prairie

    Harlem on the Prairie

    Harlem on the Prairie

    51937HD

    A cowboy helps a pretty young woman find lost gold. Restored by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the...

    Harlem on the Prairie
  • 1929
    Melancholy Dame

    Melancholy Dame

    Melancholy Dame

    21929HD

    A nightclub owner's wife, jealous of his attentions to his star singer, schemes to get her fired.

    Melancholy Dame
  • 1939
    The Bronze Buckaroo

    The Bronze Buckaroo

    The Bronze Buckaroo

    4.61939HD

    Bob Blake and his sidekick and four singing cowboys arrive at the Jackson ranch where Bob learns from Betty Jackson that her brother, Joe, is missing....

    The Bronze Buckaroo
  • 1983
    Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

    Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

    Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

    61983HD

    The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.

    Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
  • 1929
    The Lady Fare

    The Lady Fare

    The Lady Fare

    01929HD

    "Willie Dime," a big, bad taxi driver, is very jealous of "Miss Eva" and it burns him up to see any fool Jelly-bean "carrying on flirtatious flirtatio...

    The Lady Fare
  • 1929
    The Widow's Bite

    The Widow's Bite

    The Widow's Bite

    01929HD

    Spencer Williams' comedy feature.

    The Widow's Bite
  • 1929
    Brown Gravy

    Brown Gravy

    Brown Gravy

    01929HD

    A musical short starring Sam McDaniel and Spencer Williams.

    Brown Gravy
  • 1940
    Son of Ingagi

    Son of Ingagi

    Son of Ingagi

    3.81940HD

    A newlywed couple is visited by a strange old woman who harbors a secret about the young girl's father.

    Son of Ingagi
  • 1931
    Hot Biskits

    Hot Biskits

    Hot Biskits

    51931HD

    Virtually unseen for more than eighty years, Spencer Williams’s first film is a one-reel comedy short in which a rivalry between two men is played out...

    Hot Biskits
  • 1944
    Of One Blood

    Of One Blood

    Of One Blood

    31944HD

    After losing their parents in a flood at a young age, two brothers grow up to become a police officer and a lawyer, working with a local newspaper own...

    Of One Blood