Acting

Stepin Fetchit

Born May 30, 1902 · Key West, Florida, USA

Died November 19, 1985 · aged 83

Stepin Fetchit (1902–1985) was an American comedian and actor. His Fetchit persona parlayed into a successful film career, eventually becoming the first black actor to become a millionaire. He was also the first black actor to receive screen credit. Stepin Fetchit typical film persona and stage name have long been controversial, and seen as illustrative of negative stereotypes of Negroes. Howeve…

Known For

Bend of the River

Bend of the River · 1952

Bend of the River

MovieWesternAdventure

Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...

Carolina

Carolina · 1934

MovieComedyRomance

During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory when Will Connelly marries a Yankee farm girl, Joanna Tate, despite the objects of his temperamental father Bob Connelly.

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood · 1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

The Sun Shines Bright

The Sun Shines Bright · 1953

The Sun Shines Bright

MovieComedyDrama

With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth.

Zenobia

Zenobia · 1939

A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.

Love Is News

Love Is News · 1937

MovieRomanceComedy

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.

Salute

MovieDramaRomance

A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.

Hot Tip

Hot Tip · 1935

An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.

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Bend of the River

Bend of the River · 1952

Bend of the River

MovieWesternAdventure

Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...

Adam

Carolina

Carolina · 1934

MovieComedyRomance

During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory when Will Connelly marries a Yankee farm girl, Joanna Tate, despite the objects of his temperamental father Bob Connelly.

Scipio

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood · 1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

Dancing Butler

The Sun Shines Bright

The Sun Shines Bright · 1953

The Sun Shines Bright

MovieComedyDrama

With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth.

Jeff Poindexter

Zenobia

Zenobia · 1939

A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.

Zero

Love Is News

Love Is News · 1937

MovieRomanceComedy

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.

Penrod

Salute

MovieDramaRomance

A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.

Smoke Screen

Hot Tip

Hot Tip · 1935

An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.

Cook

Stand Up and Cheer!

Stand Up and Cheer! · 1934

Stand Up and Cheer!

MovieComedyMusic

President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.

Stepin Fetchit

Nameless Men

Nameless Men · 1928

Bob Strong, a detective, goes to prison undercover to befriend Hugh, a young man who was part of a gang that committed a robbery, in order to find out where they hid the money. Strong finally finds out the name of Hugh's partner, who has the money, but things take a complicated turn when Strong falls in love with Hugh's sister.

Thru Different Eyes

Thru Different Eyes · 1942

Thru Different Eyes

MovieDramaCrime

A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case.

Janitor

Charlie Chan in Egypt

Charlie Chan in Egypt · 1935

Charlie Chan in Egypt

While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.

Snowshoes

Big Timers

Big Timers · 1945

A wealthy young society man is dating a beautiful young woman who he believes is also in his "class" because of her beautiful, classically trained singing voice. In actuality, she is the daughter of a poor hotel maid, and in order to keep the boyfriend from finding out just how poor the family is, the mother manages to get a fancy room in the hotel to try to convince him that her daughter is "good enough" for him.

Marie Galante

Marie Galante · 1934

MovieThrillerDrama

On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt leaves Marie high and dry in the Yucatan, she takes work as a nightclub singer to earn her safe passage to the Canal region. But Marie faces bigger problems when she gets mixed up in a destructive plot against the U.S. Naval fleet, and so she accepts the kindly assistance of secret agent Dr. Crawbett.

Waiter in Pacific Gardens

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace · 1974

A widow tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to further his own reelection efforts.

Cousin Lincoln

36 Hours to Kill

36 Hours to Kill · 1936

36 Hours to Kill

MovieDramaRomance

Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake ticket and will win $150,000 if he can cash it in without getting apprehended.

Flash - Pullman Porter

David Harum

David Harum · 1934

MovieComedyDrama

Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom he has traded horse flesh. Taylor is a bank teller who places a winning $4,500 bet on a 10-1 harness racing horse, making him Rogers' bank partner.

Sylvester

On the Avenue

On the Avenue · 1937

MovieMusicComedy

A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.

Herman

Steamboat Round the Bend

Steamboat Round the Bend · 1935

Steamboat Round the Bend

MovieComedyDrama

A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.

Jonah

Miracle in Harlem

Miracle in Harlem · 1948

Miracle in Harlem

MovieRomanceMystery

A crooked real estate tycoon tricks a trusting young woman out of her small candy store. When he is found dead, the girl is suspected of the crime.

'Swifty', the Handyman

The World Moves On

The World Moves On · 1934

The World Moves On

MovieDramaHistory

Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand even such another calamity as the Napoleonic Wars from which Europe is slowly recovering. Then many years later, along comes World War One and the years that follow, to test the businesses.

Dixie

Fifty Roads to Town

Fifty Roads to Town · 1937

Fifty Roads to Town

A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.

Percy

Neck and Neck

Neck and Neck · 1931

MovieComedyDrama

Bill Grant is a small-time gambler who spends more time embellishing his accomplishments than actually doing anything. He has a small run of good luck when he wins a racehorse during a poker game. This enables him to enjoy the lifestyle he has been bragging about for so long. While in high society, he falls for Norma, whose father is big in racing circles.

The Hustler

Judge Priest

Judge Priest · 1934

MovieComedyDrama

Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense of humanity.

Jeff Poindexter