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Vanities

Charles Keith is the master of ceremonies in this nightclub performance film. Before introducing the evening's acts, he confesses that he is an unemployed actor whose idol is Bette Davis. He then performs a masterful impersonation of the actress's role in The Letter. Keith is followed by Joesfred Portee who sings I love my daddy, but I've got to have my fun and Little Audrey Armstrong, an interpretive dancer. (This film is part of the Tyler, Texas Black Film Collection, a group of motion pictures made between 1935 and 1956 featuring mostly or all-Black casts, produced and/or directed by African-American filmmakers and shown primarily to Black audiences. All films are preceded by a 4 minute explanatory introduction by Ossie Davis.)
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Charles Keith is the master of ceremonies in this nightclub performance film. Before introducing the evening's acts, he confesses that he is an unemployed actor whose idol is Bette Davis. He then performs a masterful impersonation of the actress's role in The Letter. Keith is followed by Joesfred Portee who sings I love my daddy, but I've got to have my fun and Little Audrey Armstrong, an interpretive dancer. (This film is part of the Tyler, Texas Black Film Collection, a group of motion pictures made between 1935 and 1956 featuring mostly or all-Black casts, produced and/or directed by African-American filmmakers and shown primarily to Black audiences. All films are preceded by a 4 minute explanatory introduction by Ossie Davis.)

More in Tyler Texas Black Film Collection

  1. Broken Earth
  2. By-line newsreel. #1
  3. By-line newsreel. #2
  4. By-line newsreel. #3
  5. By-line newsreel. #4
  6. Murder in Harlem 1935
  7. Midnight shadow 1939
  8. Where's my man to-nite 1943
  9. The Girl in room 20 1946
  10. Vanities 1946
  11. Juke Joint 1947
  12. Boogie woogie blues 1948
  13. Miracle in Harlem 1948

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record

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