Maffia, alvilág, gengszter, szervezett bűnözés, banda, börtön

Before the "Blaxploitation" boom of the early 70's, movies made for black audiences were "Race Movies"; B-movies with an all-black cast, made by dedicated, low-budget studios, which played at dedicated cinemas in black neighbourhoods. A genre with it's own (relatively) big-name draws like Paul Robeson, or Mantan Moreland, or popular musicians/singers like Moms Mabley, Cab Calloway, or Lena Horne; Basically a low-budget, scaled-down parallel version of the Hollywood star system.

Kathryn Boyd, Laurence Criner, and Steve Reynolds in Black Gold (1928)

James Baskett is known for his role as Uncle Remus in Song of the South. Some people say that film is "controversial." Compassionate people with empathy wonder, "why is James Baskett's hair white after only 44 years of life?" They also wonder why this man had diabetes to such an extent after only 44 years he expired from heart failure. Let's take a look.

1923-1939 Jazz, Blues, Spirituals and Black music and dance performances in films

Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs (1923)

James Cagney and Jean Harlow in The Public Enemy (1931)

Includes Music films, but not singing Westerns. Starting with 1998, added requirement for 500+ votes and 4+ rating. Expanded to include TV movies and specials.

The search (excludes what's already on my lists):  [https://www.imdb.com/search/title?release_date=1927,&genres=musical&title_type=feature&runtime=45,&countries=us&sort=release_date,asc&count=100&view=simple&user_rating=4.0,&num_votes=500,&lists=!ls021062047,!ls021564702] and again for genre Music, and for title_types Video, tv_movie, tv_special (8 searches total).

Companion list: American omitted Musical Feature Films (http://www.imdb.com/list/ls021564702/) 

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls021062047/?release_date=1974&mode=simple&sort=release_date,asc

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