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Race Movies: The Duke Is Tops/The Black King/Spirit Of Youth/The Glove

Lena Horne (Actor), Joe Louis (Actor), Bud Pollard (Director) Rated:
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  • Actors: Lena Horne, Joe Louis, A.B. DeComathiere, Ralph Cooper, Edna Mae Harris
  • Directors: Bud Pollard
  • Format: Multiple Formats, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated:
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  • Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: January 1, 2004
  • Run Time: 301 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00062IYY6
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,052 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 starsThree Good Black Films in One DVD!
By MeMyselfandI on March 9, 2008
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I love race films. Race films gives me a chance to discover unknown black acting talents who may have been overlooked. Race films are the only films that blacks were able to play people from all walks of life and be versatile and not be stereotypes.

You get four movies for the price of one really. All the films are about an hour long. Their all worth while watching, the quality is pretty good compared to whats out there.

The Duke Is Tops - Lena Horne's debut movie. I liked the entertainment in this film. It was truly great black entertainment. The acting didn't do much for me.

Spirit of Youth - This film is very enjoyable, its worth an hour to watch. Its basically about a seductress, a vamp played excellently by Mae Turner who is trying to ruin Joe Louis boxing career. Everyone in this movie gives effective performances, Mae Turner stood out the most to me. She was an excellent black actress, who was a pro at playing cold, evil women you love to hate (move out the way Bette Davis). She never had a career in Hollywood movies but in race films she was a familar face, only in race films was where she able to display her art. The entertainment in the film is tops. If you don't like the acting in race films, then you'll love the entertainment, black entertainment was know as being the best of all entertainment back then.

The Black King - A preacher and activist who is both crooked and inspiring convinces his people to leave America and go back home to Africa where they can be powerful and free. He becomes a leader of his people but at the same times takes advantage of their trust. Vivian Baber is a wonderful, becoming, graceful actress, she reminds me of Bette Davis in her early years. A.B. Comathiere gives a humourous, colorful performance as he always does.

I didn't watch the other film on the collection. Why was a 70's movie added, why not add another race film? I think anyone who buys this collection will enjoy it.
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5.0 out of 5 starsSalvaged Gems
By B A Wellman on February 19, 2012
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This Collection was well worth my time and money. Although the quality for the most part was what I call "salvaged" it was watchable and the few missing clips, presumably from the splicing of the original donor film, were easy to accept. So called "Race Movies" ended in the late 1940's with the legal desecration of the film industry so they are rare and limited today. This collection, 2 all black, 1 Mostly Black and the Glove mixed, are a slice of history. Blacks were able to do things and portray situations that their white counter parts would not have dreamed of. From risque dance numbers to sexually suggestive situations. The only minus to this collection is that Platinum Video ruins the set with a constantly appearing and disappearing water mark in the lower right corner that is not only distracting but down right aggravating and detracted greatly to my enjoyment of the film. Enough already Platinum! We get that you claim rights to something that somebody else created & produced!!
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The Duke is Tops [73 Min B&W all Black Cast]~ I enjoyed this one the most. Lena Horne's first film, she is an innocent 20 years old and portrays a torch singer. She gets a chance that will leave her lover/manager, Duke (played by Ralph Cooper) behind and not wanting to choose it, Duke makes up her mind for her by dumping her. She is off to fail in the big city and of course, Duke to the rescue! Lena is nothing short of fabulous singing several songs! A True gem!

The Black King {72 Min B&W all Black Cast]~ A racist account based on the life of Marcus Garvey, black activist of the 1920's who advocated black superiority and suggested Blacks return to Africa. The story line is thin when a black con man named Charcoal (Played by A.B.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 stars1930's Black cinema offers role models
By Annie Van Auken TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on August 17, 2007
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"Race movies," a genre unique to the United States between 1915 and 1947, were quite popular with black Southern audiences and in Northern industrial cities that had large African American communities. After the successful legal desegregation of the film industry in 1948, this type of movie vanished, literally. Today, only a fifth of the original 500 race films still exist.

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"The Black King" - A Baptist minister starts a "Back to Africa" movement, but is accused of swindling money from his followers. This movie, made by a white-owned company, was billed as a satire on the life of Marcus Garvey, an early black separatist. (After a fraud conviction, Garvey was deported to Jamaica in 1925-- he is now recognized as a hero of that island nation.)

"The Duke is Tops" - In order to further her career, Duke Davis convinces his girlfriend Ethel to leave his management, become a "single" and employ a talent scout. Ethel flops in her new show and so does Duke's latest production, now that Ethel is gone. Duke finds renewed success with a colorful travelling medicine show, then creates a venue for Ethel that's based on the medicine show concept.

"The Glove" - Cult film from the late 1970s. A down-on-his-luck former baseball player turned bounty hunter pursues a violent giant who beats his chosen victims with a formidable and frightening police riot glove. (This movie is an anomaly in this series.)

"Spirit Of Youth" - Biography of a fictional boxer that parallels in part the life of its star, Joe Louis. After he has a run-in with the gambling element, friends help heavyweight fighter Joe Thomas get his career back on track.Read more ›
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