Biography: Dooley Wilson |

African-American actor/musician Dooley Wilson led a very popular band from 1919 through 1930, in which he soloed on the drums. He shied away from film work until 1942, when he was signed for a contract at Paramount Pictures. At the same time, Warner... more
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Cast: Lena Horne Cab Calloway Dooley Wilson Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Andrew L. Stone Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Emil Newman William Le Baron 
Tags: Musical Studio-Era Black Cinema Backstage Musical Musical Romance 
Length: 77min
Built around the premise of a Big Stage Show, Stormy Weather affords rare "mainstream" leading roles to some of the era's greatest African-American entertainers Lena Horne, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Dooley Wilson, Cab Calloway, Katherine Dunham, Fats...

Cast: Preston S. Foster Charles Butterworth Cecil Kellaway Patricia Morison Sol C. Siegel Hans Dreier Albert Dekker Henry Brandon 
Tags: Mystery Crime Police Detective Film 
Length: 75min
A solid Jonathan Latimer screenplay is one of the "plusses" of the medium-budget mystery A Night in New Orleans. Preston S. Foster plays police lieutenant Steve Abbott, at present engrossed in a baffling murder case. As he pieces the clues together,...

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