The Jackie Robinson story: Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson, Louise Beavers, Richard Lane, Harry Shannon, Ben Lessy, Bill Spaulding, Billy Wayne. Sanders of the river: Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks, Nina Mae McKinney. Based on Edgar Wallace's Sanders of the river. The Jackie Robinson story originally released as a motion picture in 1950. Sanders of the river originally released as a motion picture in 1935. Sanders of the river based on the novel by Edgar Wallace. Fullscreen.
Contents:
The Jackie Robinson story / William Joseph Heineman presents ; written by Lawrence Taylor and Arthur Mann ; produced by Mort Briskin ; associate producer, Joseph H. Nadel ; directed by Alfred E. Green (77 min.) -- Sanders of the river / London Film Productions presents ; scenario, continuity and dialogue by Lajos Biro and jeffrey Dell ; produced by Alexander Korda ; directed by Zoltan Korda.
Summary:
The Jackie Robinson story is a dramatized account of Robinson's journey through the Jim Crow sports establishment to baseball's major leagues. In Sanders of the river, Commissioner Sanders, representative of the British Crown, puts down a bloody rebellion and re-establishes harmony for the pro-British river people in this tale of adventure in West Africa.
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