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PIPE DREAMS (1976)

Jon W. — Tue, 14 May 2024 09:29:17 +0000

The rugged world of those who built the Alaskan pipeline provides the backdrop for this drama featuring the non-singing film debut of soul-singer Gladys Knight (she and her Pips do sing on the soundtrack though). The story centers on her attempts to regain the love of her estranged husband who works up there. She goes to the wild, wooly town where he is based. There women are hard to find, and those who are there make big bucks selling themselves to lonely workers. Knight is a pretty woman so it doesn’t take long for the man who runs the town to try and convince her into becoming a high–priced prostitute.

Director: Stephen Verona.
Writer: Stephen Verona.
Stars: Gladys Knight, Wayne Tippit, Sherry Bain, Kelly Britt, David byrd, Bob Corso, Robert Corso, Altovise Davis, Bruce French, Redmond Gleeson, Barry Hankerson, Sylvia Hayes, Isabelle Horn, Arnold Johnson, Bruce Kimball, Sally Kirkland, John Leoning, Lisa Leslie, Frank McRae, John Mitchum, Bobbie Shaw Chance, Charles Silverman, Carole White, Margaret Wiley.
Cinematographer: Stevan Larner.
Composer: Dominic Frontiere.

1977 Golden Globes – Nominated for the Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture – Female (Gladys Knight)
1977 Golden Globes – Nominated for Best Original Song – Motion Picture (Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin, for song “So Sad the Song”)

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BLACK STARLET (1974)

Jon W. — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:44:17 +0000

Chris Munger directed this blaxploitation version of the popular skinflick Starlet! (1969). The story concerns Clara , an aspiring actress from the housing projects of Gary, Indiana, who goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Predictably, she is robbed, betrayed, and must hit the casting couch before her dreams can come true.

Director: Chris Munger.
Writers: Daniel Cady (story), Howard Ostroff.
Stars: Juanita Brown, Eric Mason, Rockne Tarkington, Damu King, Diane Holden, Noah Keen, Al Lewis, James Brodhead, Peter Dane, Don Carrara, Nicholas Worth, Rai Tasco, Marland Proctor, Joe Billings, Crane Jackson, Marilyn Joi, Marlene Selsman, Dennis Foxx, Nick St. Nicholas, Jack Donner, Kip King, Gary Battaglia, Gary Johnson, Emmanuel Thomas, Syd Cassyd, James Paul Vitale, Christopher Sullivan, Randi Kallan, Vera Freeman.
Cinematographer: Henning Schellerup.
Composers: Dee Ervin, Joe Hinton.

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A PLACE CALLED TODAY (1972)

Jon W. — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 07:51:32 +0000

A no-nonsense black politician runs for mayor in a racially torn town. His campaign team comes up with a brilliant idea of hiring blacks to cause havoc in town and force the scared white citizens to vote for him as the only one who can stop the violence!

Director: Don Schain.
Writer: Don Schain.
Stars: J. Herbert Kerr Jr., Lana Wood, Cheri Caffaro, Richard Smedley, Timothy Brown, Peter Carew, Woody Carter, Leo Tepp, Cucho Viera, Howard Zeiden, Humphrey Davis, George Fairley, Byian Johnson, John LaMotta, Mary Rio Lewis.

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BLACK GIRL (1972)

Jon W. — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 07:51:02 +0000

In this melodrama a mother tries to compensate for her feelings of inadequacy and failure as a parent to her own children by taking in a troubled foster child. As she struggles to make up for her past mistakes, her jealous daughters mistreat the girl.

Director: Ossie Davis.
Writer: J.E. Franklin (play), J.E. Franklin (screenplay).
Stars: Brock Peters, Claudia McNeil, Leslie Uggams, Louise Stubbs, Peggy Pettit, Gloria Edwards, Rhetta Greene, Ruby Dee, Kent Martin, Gertrude Jeannette.

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BLACK DEVIL DOLL FROM HELL (1984) [EXTENDED VERSION]

Jon W. — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 07:38:46 +0000

A woman buys an antique doll at a thrift store and does not realize that it is cursed. The doll uses its powers to seduce her while she is asleep and then escape back to the store. She starts to lose interest in sexual activities with her partners as the doll is able to give her a much better satisfaction, so she sets out to find it, but with deadly consequences.

Director: Chester Novell Turner.
Writer: Chester Novell Turner.
Stars: Shirley L. Jones, Ricky Roach, Chester Tankersley, Marie Sainvilvs, Jeanine Johican, Thalia Holloway, Obie Dunson, Kathleen Turner, Keefe L. Turner, Tommie Graham, Bernard Brown, Onita Green, Larry Jones, Jacqueline Coats, Sharada F. Coats.

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IF HE HOLLERS, LET HIM GO! (1968)

Jon Whitehead — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 09:21:25 +0000

The film takes place in the space of four days in the life of Bob Jones, a black man who is constantly plagued by the effects of racism. Living in a society that is drenched in race consciousness has no doubt taken a toll on the way Jones behaves, thinks, and feels, especially when, at the end of his story, he is accused of a brutal crime he did not commit.

Director: Charles Martin.
Stars: Dana Wynter, Raymond St. Jacques, Kevin McCarthy, Barbara McNair, Arthur O’Connell, John Russell, Ann Prentiss, Royal Dano.

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THE LOST MAN (1969)

Jon Whitehead — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 05:22:53 +0000

In this crime drama, an African American ex-Army officer forms a militant organization to fight for equal rights and equal pay. Their trouble begins when he and his crusading commandos rob a factory to help pay the bail of jailed colleagues. Loosely based on the 1947 Carol Reed film “Odd Man Out.”

Director: Robert Alan Aurthur.
Stars: Sidney Poitier, Joanna Shimkus, Al Freeman, Jr., Michael Tolan, Richard Dysart, Leon Bibb, David Steinberg, Richard Dysart, Bernie Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Beverly Todd, Vonetta McGee, Dick Anthony Williams, Dolph Sweet, Arnold Williams, Virginia Capers.

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Many thanks to Mary for sending me a copy of this movie.