This edition: "St. Louis Blues" & "The Duke is Tops"
Episode Details
(1938/U.S., b&w, 75 min., musical) Dir.: William Nolte. Cast: Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne, Lawrence Criner. A small-time promoter loses his star performer to the big time show biz circuit. Lena Horne’s film debut. (Preceded by “St. Louis Blues” (1929/U.S., b&w, 15 min., musical) Dir.: Dudley Murphy. Musical short with blues singer Bessie Smith.)
Discussion guest: Farah Griffin, Institute of African-American Studies, Columbia University.
Guest List
Farah Jasmine Griffin Professor, Author, Columbia University
- Steamboat Bill, Jr.
- Friday, August 14 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 15 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 16 - 12:00am
- The Sin of Nora Moran
- Friday, August 14 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 15 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 16 - 9:30pm
- Friday, August 21 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 22 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 23 - 12:00am
- Our Daily Bread
- Friday, August 21 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 22 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 23 - 9:30pm
- Friday, August 28 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 29 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 30 - 12:00am
- The Front Page
- Friday, August 28 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 29 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 30 - 9:30pm
- Friday, September 4 - 12:00am
- Saturday, September 5 - 12:00am
- Sunday, September 6 - 12:00am
- Street Scene
- Friday, September 4 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, September 5 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, September 6 - 9:30pm
- Friday, September 11 - 12:00am
- Steamboat Bill, Jr.
- Friday, August 7 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 8 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 9 - 9:30pm
- Milky Way
- Friday, July 31 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 1 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 2 - 9:30pm
- Friday, August 7 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 8 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 9 - 12:00am
- My Man Godfrey
- Friday, July 24 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, July 25 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, July 26 - 9:30pm
- Friday, July 31 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 1 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 2 - 12:00am
- Nothing Sacred
- Friday, July 17 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, July 18 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, July 19 - 9:30pm
- Friday, July 24 - 12:00am
- Saturday, July 25 - 12:00am
- Sunday, July 26 - 12:00am
- FALLEN ANGEL
- Friday, July 17 - 12:00am
- Saturday, July 18 - 12:00am
- Sunday, July 19 - 12:00am
