Video release of previous released motion pictures. Preceded by introduction to the Tyler-Texas black film collection by Ossie Davis (4 min.). A special collection from Southern Methodist University Southwest Film/Video Archives. (Girl in room 20) Geraldine Brock, Spencer Williams, July Jones ; (Son of Ingagi) Zack Williams, Laura Bowman, Alfred Grant, Spencer Williams, Daisy Bufford ; (Girl from Chicago) Carl Mahon, Star [i.e. Starr] Calloway, Alice B. Russell, Eunice Brooks ; (Lying lips) Edna Mae Harris, Carman Newsome, Earl Jones.
Contents:
Girl in room 20 (1946, 63 min.) -- Son of Ingagi (1940, 70 min.) -- Girl from Chicago (1932, 69 min.) -- Lying lips (1939, 60 min.).
Summary:
(Girl in room 20) A girl goes to New York to make her way as a singer. Befriended by Joe, a kind hearted taxi driver, she finally gets a job singing only to be pursued by a slick club manager who just happens to also be married. Joe calls her boyfriend back home and he comes running to save the girl. (Son of Ingagi) An ape man steals a bride and whisks her to his lab. (Girl from Chicago) Alonso White is an African American U.S. Secret Service agent sent to Virginia to investigate Jeff Ballinger, a town boss. (Lying lips) After a nightclub singer is framed for murder and sent to prison, her detective boyfriend uncovers the real crooks.
Series:
The Tyler-Texas black film collection: the missing link in black cinema
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