Spencer Williams
1893 - 1969
The Framing of the Shrew
Arvid E. Gillstrom
Edward Thompson, Evelyn Preer
Privacy Robson is a downtrodden husband who takes advice from his friend Florian Slappey. He eventually gets the upper hand after starting divorce proceedings, pretending to have a new girlfriend and refusing to eat anything she cooks him.
The Framing of the Shrew
Juke Joint
Spencer Williams
Spencer Williams, July Jones
Bad News Johnson, a con artist from Memphis, Tennessee, arrives in Dallas, Texas, accompanied by his dim sidekick July Jones with only twenty-five cents between them. The duo arrange to become boarders at the home of Louella "Mama Lou" Holiday, who is fooled into believing Johnson is an acting teacher from Hollywood. Mrs. Holiday agrees to give the men free room and board if they will provide poise lessons to her daughter, an aspiring beauty queen named Honey Dew.
Juke Joint
Beale Street Mama
Spencer Williams
July Jones, Spencer Williams
The film is set in Memphis, Tennessee and focuses on a street sweeper who comes upon a large parcel of money. He uses the newly acquired wealth to go on a spending spree, with the hope of getting back at an old girlfriend who dumped him for another man. However, complications arise when it is discovered the money is counterfeit.
Beale Street Mama
Bad Boy
Herbert Meyer
Johnny Downs, Rosalind Keith
Johnny Fraser leaves his mother in their small home town and sets out for the big city. He obtains a job with a large firm of architects. Steve Carson, a fellow employee, is constantly flaunting the money he has won at the race track. Johnny also bets the races, but loses heavily and takes some of the firm's money to cover his losses.
Bad Boy
The Negro Sailor
Henry Levin
Joel Fluellen, Spencer Williams
US Navy produced short stars Joel Fluellen as a draftee from his civilian job at a black newspaper through boot camp and an assignment in the Pacific. Completed after the surrender of Japan, the film celebrates the teamwork, diversity, and the actions of several distinguished African American sailors.
The Negro Sailor
The Blood of Jesus
Spencer Williams
Cathryn Caviness, Spencer Williams
Razz accidentally shoots his wife Martha when his hunting rifle drops on the floor and discharges. The church congregation gathers at Martha’s bedside to pray for her recovery, and during this period an angel arrives to take Martha’s spirit from her body, but she is tempted by the slick Judas Green, who is an agent for Satan.
The Blood of Jesus
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
Richard C. Kahn
Herb Jeffries, Marguerite Whitten
A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him.
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Spencer Williams
Francine Everett, Spencer Williams
A Harlem nightclub entertainer arrives on the Caribbean island of "Rinidad" to perform as the headliner in a revue at the Paradise Hotel. She quickly attracts the attention of several men.
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
The Bronze Buckaroo
Richard C. Kahn
Herb Jeffries, Lucius Brooks
Bob Blake and his sidekick and four singing cowboys arrive at the Jackson ranch where Bob learns from Betty Jackson that her brother, Joe, is missing. Bob investigates and learns that there is gold on the Jackson ranch, and the neighboring rancher has kidnapped Joe in order to get his land.
The Bronze Buckaroo
