Boarding House Blues

Boarding House Blues is a 1948 American race film directed by Josh Binney. It was the penultimate feature film of All-American News, a company that made newsreels for black Americans.[1][2]

Boarding House Blues
Original film poster
Directed byJosh Binney
Produced byE.M. Glucksman (producer)
Written byHal Seeger (writer)
StarringSee below
CinematographySydney Zucker
Production
company
All-American News
Release date
1948
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Premise

When Mom's boarding house is threatened with closure and eviction of the tenants due to non-payments, Mom's tenants get together to put on a show to raise the money needed to save Mom and their home.

Cast
  • Moms Mabley as Moms
  • Dusty Fletcher as Dusty
  • Marcellus Wilson as Jerry
  • Marie Cooke as Lila Foster
  • Augustus Smith as Norman Norman
  • John D. Lee Jr. as Stanley
  • Emory Richardson as Simon
  • Harold Cromer as Moofty
  • Sidney Easton as Boo Boo
  • Freddie Robinson as Freddie
  • John Mason as Boarders (with "company")
  • John Riano as Steggy (the ape)
  • Lucky Millinder as Himself (bandleader)
  • Una Mae Carlisle as Herself (singer)
  • Bull Moose Jackson as Himself (singer)
  • Warren Berry as One of Berry Brothers
  • Nyas Berry as One of Berry Brothers
  • Anistine Allen as Herself (singer)
  • Paul Breckenridge as Himself (singer)
  • Eddie Hartman as Stumpy
  • Lee Norman as Themselves
  • 'Crip' Heard as Himself (one-legged dancer)
  • Edgar Martin as Joe

Soundtrack
  • John Mason and Company – "Gimme"
  • The Berry Brothers – "You'll Never Know" (Written by Harry Warren, lyrics by Mack Gordon)
  • Una Mae Carlisle – "Throw It out of Your Mind" (Written by Louis Armstrong and Billy Kyle)
  • Una Mae Carlisle – "It Ain't Like That" (Written by Hot Lips Page)
  • Stump and Stumpy – "We've Got Rhythm to Spare"
  • Paul Breckenridge with Lucky Millinder band "We Slumber"
  • Anistine Allen with Lucky Millinder band – "Let It Roll"
  • Bull Moose Jackson with Lucky Millinder band – "Yes I Do"

Notes
  1. https://www.imdb.com/company/co0045718/
  2. pp. 3–4 Moon, Spencer Reel Black Talk: A Sourcebook of 50 American Filmmakers Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997
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