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Title:

Cotton comes to Harlem [videorecording] / United Artists ; produced by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. ; screenplay by Arnold Perl and Ossie Davis ; directed by Ossie Davis.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

MGM Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Johnson, Coffin Ed (Fictitious character)--Drama.
Jones, Grave Digger (Fictitious character)--Drama.
African Americans--New York--New York--Drama.
Afronorteamericanos--Nueva York--Nueva York--Teatro.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Detective and mystery films.

Other Authors:

Goldwyn, Samuel, 1926-
Perl, Arnold.
Davis, Ossie.
Cambridge, Godfrey, 1929-1976.
St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-
Lockhart, Calvin, 1934-
Pace, Judy, 1946-
Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991.
Anderson, John.
Yancy, Emily.
Jacobi, Lou.
Roche, Eugene, 1928-2004.
Cannon, J. D., 1922-
Hirschfeld, Gerald.
Gerard, Manuel.
Lovett, Robert Q.
MacDermot, Galt.
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984. Back to Africa.
United Artists Corporation.
MGM Home Entertainment Inc.

Notes:

Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Redd Foxx, John Anderson, Emily Yancy, Lou Jacobi, Eugene Roche, J.D. Cannon. Originally released as motion picture in 1970. Based upon the novel "Back to Africa" by Chester Himes.

Summary:

St. Jacques is Coffin Ed Johnson and Cambridge is Gravedigger Jones, black cops who suspect preacher Lockhart's back-to-Africa campaign is a swindle. Neatly combines action and comedy.

Series:

Soul cinema

ISBN:

9780792848288
0792848284

UPC:

027616857842

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)