Gang war ; [videorecording] Broken strings / [Gang war] Million Dollar Productions ; Harry M. Popkin production ; director, Leo C. Popkin ; screenplay by Lou Sherman from original by Walter Cooper ; [Broken strings] Goldport presents ; an L.C. Borden production ; continuity and dialogue by Carl Krusada ; additional dialogue by Clarence muse, David Arlen ; story & direction by Bernard B. Ray.
Both movies released in 1940. "Harlem double feature"--DVD container cover insert. Gang war: Ralph Cooper, Gladys Snyder, Reggie Fenderson, J. Lawrence Criner, Monte Hawley, Jess Lee Brooks, Johnny Thomas, Maceo Sheffield, Charles Hawkins, Robert Johnson, Henry Roberts, Harold Garrison. Broken strings: Clarence Muse, Sybil Lewis, William Washington, Tommiwitta Moore, Stymie Beard, Pete Webster, Edward Thompson, Buck Woods, Jess Lee Brooks, Earl Morris.
Summary:
Gang war: Two rival gangs fight for control of the jukeboxes of Harlem. Broken strings: An all African American melodrama concerning a classical violinist who injures his fingers. His son tries to earn the needed cash to restore his father's paralyzed hand by following in his father's footsteps as a violinist but to his father's displeasure, he prefers swing to classical music.
Locations:
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
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