Ethel Waters Movies

  • 1942
    Tales of Manhattan

    Tales of Manhattan

    Tales of Manhattan

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    Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video relea...

    Tales of Manhattan
  • 1942
    Cairo

    Cairo

    Cairo

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    Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Conwoys with robot-planes.

    Cairo
  • 1949
    Pinky

    Pinky

    Pinky

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    Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her g...

    Pinky
  • 1952
    The Member of the Wedding

    The Member of the Wedding

    The Member of the Wedding

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    Tomboy, Frances 'Frankie' Addams, dreams of running away with her brother and new fiancée away from the Deep South.

    The Member of the Wedding
  • 1943
    Cabin in the Sky

    Cabin in the Sky

    Cabin in the Sky

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    When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for si...

    Cabin in the Sky
  • 1945
    Soundies Festival

    Soundies Festival

    Soundies Festival

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    From the great era of musical shorts come three gems that feature legendary African-American performers including Ethel Waters, Eddy Green and the inc...

    Soundies Festival
  • 1929
    On With the Show!

    On With the Show!

    On With the Show!

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    With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the l...

    On With the Show!
  • 1959
    The Sound and the Fury

    The Sound and the Fury

    The Sound and the Fury

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    Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fo...

    The Sound and the Fury
  • 1934
    Bubbling Over

    Bubbling Over

    Bubbling Over

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    In this all-black short musical comedy, a woman has a husband so lazy she can stick a pin in him without him waking up... but announcing lunch gets hi...

    Bubbling Over
  • 1933
    Rufus Jones for President

    Rufus Jones for President

    Rufus Jones for President

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    A fantasy satire on politics in which a little boy dreams that he becomes President of the U.S. and his 'mammy' is Vice President. The film spotlights...

    Rufus Jones for President
  • 2006
    Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

    Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

    Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

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    Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
  • 1973
    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

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    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
  • 1999
    Blues Masters

    Blues Masters

    Blues Masters

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    In 1966, CBC Television invited some of North America's greatest blues performers to gather in a studio in Toronto, recording together and individuall...

    Blues Masters
  • 1939
    Let My People Live

    Let My People Live

    Let My People Live

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    Aimed at African Americans and shot at Tuskegee University, this film instructs viewers in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis by focusing on...

    Let My People Live
  • 1943
    Stage Door Canteen

    Stage Door Canteen

    Stage Door Canteen

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    A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreati...

    Stage Door Canteen
  • 1958
    The Heart is a Rebel

    The Heart is a Rebel

    The Heart is a Rebel

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    While struggling with their son’s serious illness, a young couple experiences conflict when her husband does not understand the wife’s acceptance of C...

    The Heart is a Rebel
  • 1934
    Gift of Gab

    Gift of Gab

    Gift of Gab

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    Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.

    Gift of Gab
  • 1989
    Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

    Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

    Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

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    Wild Women Don't Have the Blues shows how the blues were born out of the economic and social transformation of African American life early in this cen...

    Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
  • 1975
    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

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    Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
  • 1976
    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    6.81976HD

    Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical num...

    That's Entertainment, Part II