Acting

Sidney Easton

Born October 2, 1885 · Savannah, Georgia, USA

Died December 24, 1971 · aged 86

Sidney Easton (October 2, 1885 – December 24, 1971) was an African-American actor, stage performer, playwright, composer, vocalist, and pianist. He worked as a performer in minstrel shows, carnivals, burlesque, and vaudeville. Starting in the 1930s he appeared in films.

Known For

WaywardWayward · 1932
Wayward
★ 6.31932
MovieDrama
Story of a mother's antagonism to her son's wife. Based on the novel "Wild Beauty" by Mateel Howe Farnham.
His WomanHis Woman · 1931
His Woman
★ 4.31931
MovieDramaRomance
Tough Caribbean freighter Captain Sam Whelan engages Sally Clark, a tramp masquerading as a missionary's daughter, to care for an abandoned baby on board his ship. En route to New York, ships mate Gatson sexually attacks her. The Captain knocks Gatson overboard in an ensuing scuffle. A romance developing between the Captain and Miss Clark is put to the test in New York after an assault investigation uncovers the girl's questionable past.
Killer DillerKiller Diller · 1948
Killer Diller
★ 5.21948
MovieComedyDrama
An all-Black comedy and dance revue with stars of stage and screen.
Boarding House BluesBoarding House Blues · 1948
Boarding House Blues
★ 5.41948
MovieMusicDrama
In order to save their home, tenants of a boarding house put on a show.
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-HoCab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho · 1934
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
★ 6.41934
MovieComedyMusic
This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. Bandleader Cab Calloway plays a ladies man who dates the wife (Fredi Washington) of a train porter who is frequently absent from home. Calloway and his Orchestra perform "Zaz-zuh-zaz" and "The Lady with the Fan" at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
A Rhapsody in Black and BlueA Rhapsody in Black and Blue · 1932
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
★ 6.21932
MovieMusic
A husband who listens to jazz instead of mopping the floor is brained with a mop by his wife; he dreams he's King of Jazzmania, a land of soapsuds where Louis Armstrong performs 'I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You' and 'Shine'.
Murder on Lenox AvenueMurder on Lenox Avenue · 1941
Murder on Lenox Avenue
★ 5.01941
MovieDrama
Dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house center around Pa Wilkins, chosen by the Better Business League to replace their ousted, crooked leader Marshall...who wants revenge; and Pa's ward Jim Bracton, a two-timing Romeo whose affairs are coming to a crisis. And hanging around is Marshall's murderous junkie henchman, Lomax. Will it all end in someone's being killed?
Fight That GhostFight That Ghost · 1946
Fight That Ghost
★ 8.01946
MovieComedyHorror
Pigmeat and Shorty, who own "Pigmeat and Shorty's Bootery", are told by their landlord to either pay up or get out. They get caught trying to short-count him, and he threatens to have them arrested. After a series of disasters--they ruin a customer's suit, their store blows up--they get a telegram notifying them that a man they once did a kindness for has left them quite a bit of money and a house, but in order to get the inheritance, they have to spend a night in the bedroom of the man's house. When they arrive there, they notice two things--the place is kind of creepy and a series of spooky incidents leaves them to believe the house is haunted.

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