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The Duke is tops / Million Dollar Productions ; directed by William Nolte ; screen adaptation, Phil Dunham.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[United States] : Reel Enterprises, [2006], 1938.
Description1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
African American entertainers--Drama.
Other author/creatorPopkin, Harry M., producer.
Other author/creatorPopkin, Leo C., producer.
Other author/creatorTaylor, Vincent, set designer.
Other author/creatorNolte, William L. (William Lewis), 1889-1965 director.
Other author/creatorGreenwood, Alice, editor.
Other author/creatorDunham, Phil, 1885-1972, screenwriter.
Other author/creatorHorne, Lena performer.
Other author/creatorCriner, Lawrence, 1898-1965 performer.
Other author/creatorCooper, Ralph, 1908-1992 performer.
Other author/creatorHawley, Monte performer.
Other author/creatorMcCalla, Vernon performer.
Other author/creatorThompson, Edward performer.
Other author/creatorEllison, Ben, 1902-1984 composer.
Other author/creatorBrooks, Harvey, 1899-1968 composer.
Other author/creatorMillion Dollar Productions.
Other author/creatorPlatinum Disc Corporation.
Abstract Lena Horn, in her film debut, plays Ethel Andrews a star of a traveling musical revue who is billed as The Bronze Venus. Promoter Duke Davis, believing that he is holding back her career prospects, tricks Ethel into leaving him so that she can be free to pursue stardom in New York. Meanwhile Duke falls on hard times, but eventually has some success after linking up with a con man selling a universal medical elixir in small towns. When Ethel fails in the big time, Duke returns to her in New York. The two decide to develop a new show using specialty acts to showcase Ethel's singing.
General note"Harry M. Popkin presents"--At head of title.
General noteOriginally released as a motion picture in 1938.
CreditsProducer, Harry M. Popkin ; Associate producer, Leo C. Popkin ; Editor, Alice Greenwood ; Music, Ben Ellison, Harvey Brooks ; Set designer, Vin Taylor.
Cast Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne, Lawrence Criner, Monte Hawley, Vernon McCallum, Edward Thompson.
Technical detailsDVD-R.
Source of descriptionTitle from opening frames.
Genre/formMusical films.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formFiction films.
UPC 883629081489

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