Hallelujah / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; a King Vidor production ; scenario by Wanda Tuchock ; treatment by Richard Schayer ; dialogue by Ransom Rideout ; story and direction by King Vidor.
Publisher:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
Copyright Date:
1929
Description:
3 film reels (100] min.) : sound, black and white ; 16 mm
Daniel L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney, William Fountaine, Harry Gray, Fanny Belle DeKnight, Everett McGarrity, Victoria Spivey, Dixie Jubilee Singers.
Summary:
An early all-sound film with an all-black cast which depicts the life of a rural southern family of cotton farmers. After getting a good price for his crop, Zeke is lured by a seductress named Chick into gambling in a rigged dice game, after which he accidentally kills his younger brother in the fight to recover his cash. He repents and becomes a powerful preacher but meets temptation when Chick becomes an apparent convert.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)148225055
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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