The Duke Is Tops (1938)
1938 · Feature film · 73 min · dir. William L. Nolte
- Music
- Comedy
- Romance
Synopsis
The Duke Is Tops is a 1938 American musical film released by Million Dollar Productions and directed by William Nolte. The film was later released in 1944 under the title The Bronze Venus. It features top-billed Lena Horne in her film debut, along with Ralph Cooper. The film was one of the low-budget musical film "race movies" made in the 1930s and 1940s for the African-American market. The casts and production teams of these films were almost all black, and the music reflected current tastes…
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- William L. Nolte
- Writer
- Phil Dunham
- Studio
- Million Dollar Productions
- Released
- 1938-07-15
- Running time
- 73 minutes
Cast & crew
- William L. Nolte Director
Ralph Cooper
Lena Horne
Laurence Criner- Monte Hawley
- Willie Covan
- Neva Peoples
- Vernon McCalla
Edward Thompson
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · all black cast- Lena Horne and.. · AncientAxim · 2020-12-19
The Cats & The Fiddle - they do a great number during the "Medicine man" snake oil sales pitch- That killin' jive" "He's the man that smokes that jive That jive will take you for a dive One slip you will arrive When you smoke that killin' jive It will make you very tall Seems as if you're going to fall Knock yourself out for a ride You know I mean that killin' jive You will think you'll blow your top Start laughing and you just can't stop Now won't you give him a smile 'Cause he's a sad man not a bad man Everything will seem so funny. Darkest days will seem so sunny That feeling will arrive…
