#clarence muse

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Winner Take All (1932) Roy Del Ruth

April 1st 2024

#winner take all #1932 #roy del ruth #james cagney #marian nixon #virginia bruce #guy kibbee #clarence muse #dickie moore #alan mowbray #pre-code #PreCodeApril

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Clarence Muse (October 7 or 14, 1889 – October 13, 1979), actor, director, and writer.

The first black director of a Broadway show and the first African-American to "star" in a film - Clarence Muse Center, Perris, CA

#clarence muse

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The Mind Reader (1933)  

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Director: Roy Del Ruth

Cinematographer: Sol Polito

Performers: Allen Jenkins, Warren William, Clarence Muse, Constance Cummings & Mayo Methot

#1930s #1933 #Roy Del Ruth #Warren William #Allen Jenkins #american film #classic film #classic movies #film #my edits #pre code #precode #Clarence Muse #Constance Cummings #classic cinema #old hollywood #film stills #filmblr #cinematography #cinema

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#Polly Ann Young #Bela Lugosi #Clarence Muse #Invisible Ghost #1940s #horror film #cinematography #lighting #black and white #ominous #hair #fashion

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Safe in Hell

The plot may be utter nonsense, but William A. Wellman’s SAFE IN HELL (1931, Criterion Channel, TCM) is so visually distinctive and features such good performances by Dorothy Mackaill, Nina Mae McKinney and Clarence Muse it’s almost irresistible. Mackaill is a prostitute because after her former boss (Ralf Harolde) raped her she couldn’t get another job. When a procurer (Cecil Cunningham in a brief, vivid bit) sends her off on a job, it turns out to be Harolde. She fights him off, accidentally starting a fire in which he’s reported dead, so her childhood sweetheart (Donald Wood) sneaks her to a Caribbean island with no extradition treaty where she’s surrounded by other criminals “safe in hell.” There she falls prey to a crooked local jailer (Morgan Wallace) who hides Wood’s letters and support payments from her, and her life just goes downhill from there. Wellman and cinematographer Sidney Hickox throw in some impressive camera angles to keep things humming and a lot of shots of mirrors to reflect Mackaill’s divided nature. And she pulls off an impressive job of playing the tough cookie when she has to and letting her vulnerable side come through in places. Most notable is the treatment of McKinney and Muse, the only decent people in the film. Although their roles were originally written in stereotyped black dialect, they speak perfectly on screen, and Muse even has an impeccable British accent. McKinney also gets one of the film’s best closeups, has some remarkably fresh line readings and introduces the jazz standard “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South.”

#pre code #william a. wellman #dorothy mackaill #nina mae mckinney #clarence muse #ralf harolde #cecil cunningham #donald wood #Youtube

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W A T C H E D

#WHITE ZOMBIE (1932) #BELA LUGOSI #madge bellamy #John Harron #Robert Frazer #Joseph Cawthorn #Frederick Peters #Brandon Hurst #Clarence Muse #independent horror #gothic horror #Supernatural horror #watching

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#monster art #monster illustration #clarence muse #the invisible ghost

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Polly Ann Young-Bela Lugosi-Clarence Muse "El fantasma invisible" (Invisible ghost) 1941, de Joseph H. Lewis.

#Polly Ann Young #Bela Lugosi #Clarence Muse #Joseph H. Lewis

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#spirit of youth #joe louis #boxer #movie #clarence muse #mantan moreland #edna mae harris #cleo desmond #jeff lee brooks #black cinema #1938

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Apache Drums (Hugo Fregonese, 1951)

Apache Drums (Hugo Fregonese, 1951)

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#Apache Drums #Arthur Shields #Clarence Muse #Coleen Gray #Hugo Fregonese #Stephen McNally #Universal #Val Lewton #Willard Parker

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Lindy: I'm so tired of you running off at your mouth it's getting me down honey. Why don't you just leave? And be an assassin? Or is the only thing you're good at shooting off is your big mouth?

Duane: Will you please get out of my face you sorry looking faggot.

Lindy: Who you calling sorry looking?

[Everybody laughs]

Duane: Can't ya'll see "she" aint funny?

[laughter stops]

Duane: She's just another poor example of how the system is destroying our men.

Lindy: Honey, I'm more man than you'll ever be and more woman than you'll ever get.

Car Wash is a 1976 American comedy film released by Universal Pictures. Directed by Michael Schultz from a screenplay by Joel Schumacher, the film stars Franklyn Ajaye, Bill Duke, George Carlin, Irwin Corey, Ivan Dixon, Antonio Fargas, Jack Kehoe, Clarence Muse, Lorraine Gary, The Pointer Sisters, Richard Pryor, and Garrett Morris. Originally conceived as a musical, Car Wash is an episodic comedy about a day in the lives of a close-knit, multiracial group of employees at a Los Angeles, California car wash and their boss, Leon "Mr. B" Barrow

#car wash #film #richard pryor #american comedy #universal pictures #pointer sisters #Michael Schultz #Joel Schumacher #Franklyn Ajaye #bill duke #George Carlin #Irwin Corey #Antonio Fargas #Jack Kehoe #clarence muse #Lorraine Gary #Garrett Morris #california #comedy #musical

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Safe in Hell (The Lost Lady) (1931) William A. Wellman

May 16th 2023

#safe in hell #the lost lady #1931 #william a. wellman #dorothy mackaill #donald cook #ralf harolde #nina mae mckinney #morgan wallace #charles middleton #clarence muse #john wray #ivan f. simpson #victor varconi #cecil cunningham #gustav von seyffertitz #lady from new orleans #pre-code

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A foursome of famous stage and screen stars at the party given by Alan Mowbray. Pictured: Mowbray, Clarence Muse, Bill Robinson, and Pat O'Brien. (Original Caption)

#alan mowbray #clarence muse #bill robinson #pat o’brien

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The Mind Reader (1933)  

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Director: Roy Del Ruth

Cinematographer: Sol Polito

Performers: Warren William, Allen Jenkins, Clarence Muse, & Christian Rub

#1930s #1933 #Roy Del Ruth #Warren William #Allen Jenkins #Clarence Muse #pre code #precode #american film #classic film #classic movies #film #my edits #cinematography #cinema #classic cinema #classic hollywood #filmblr #film stills

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Two Smart People

Two Smart People combines the best of film noir, crime caper and romance in this little gem with Lucille Ball, John Hodiak and Lloyd Nolan. Continue reading Two Smart People

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#1946 #Clarence Muse #Elisha Cook Jr. #film noir #John Hodiak #Lloyd Corrigan #Lloyd Nolan #Lucille Ball #romance #Vladimir Sokoloff

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White Zombie | Episode 387

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White Zombie | Episode 387

Jim looks at a 1932 Bela Lugosi Horror Classic from Halperin Productions – “White Zombie,” Starring Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorne, Robert W. Frazier, John Harron, Brandon Hurst, George Burr Macannan and Clarence Muse. A Haitian plantation owner sets hi sights on a young woman and has her turned into zombie to have her to himself. Find out more about this first zombie film on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.

#1932 Zombie Film #Bela Lugos #Brandon Hurst #Clarence Muse #ESO Network #First Zombie Film #geek podcast #George Burr Macannan #Halperin Production #Jim Adams #John Harron #Joseph Cawthorne #Madge Bellamy #Monster Attack! #nerd podcast #Robert W. Frazier #The ESO Network #White Zombie