St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-01-31

minority Otype movies and radio right open praises
be- For several years. the NAACP, the Negro press
and few other groups have been trying stop
Hollywood from presenting Negroes eye-roling,
wool-tongued Uncle Toms. Except a ha hearted,
lukewarm attempt here and there, mostly through
the technique of letting culud characters talk
they only had a mouth partially crammed full of N g
marbles instead of all full, film producers have NJ
continued Negro actors in maid mopand broom AS
and other mental roles. Lena Horne course, g(#S
the exception and she has to wait until of those
rare supercoossal musicals such THE Clouds W
Roll By" is put into production by Metro Goodwin
Mayer that the studio ame brain trust find Nell Russell
an to doll her
Comedian Red Shelton praise his Wonderful
Smith straight role his air shows. In the latest Shelton %
he Rochester Of break than Jack Benny
has with far Rochester who first the film
of glOried office unk later the.brOther of
Teller who When pal OF Skeletons calls Red to
bill from the for damages his incurred when
LDoOd-It trolley other
vehicles the script actually allows" Rochester the
the door of Skeletons Gad what nere
give sequence all
adjacent Senator CaghOrns territory suh but half of the
country will see it, suppose.
The heard, Benny still slipping gags about color
his radio scripts for Rochester flip off Amos Andy the
Number sawars of the baekace
front today but being lads they make Negro
Tuesday night suspicious
depicting history
again. ambg gait mouth hand eyed
Unfortunately all of the being committed the
Hollywood rap-shoong
eerong epcs produced and released for showing
catering Negro only larger
NEGRO produced by whites with
optimistic hopes quick intake have been making the rounds
frequently lately after grateful during they
conspicuous by their absence
In Hollywood Beale Street Mama was pckeed by the Inter-
Film Radio Guild showing
the picture termed insulting the Negro Produced
in Texas by Bert Goldberg gentleman whose to be
familiar with other such ventures the
thing supposed be the first of 10 aNegrO films be released
throughout the through the Alfred N Sack Amusement
Enterprises.
Having subjected the experience
working of these ques and do quick know the
faerng Negro actors whom
liberty all ambitions hit the jackpot
bOwnskn BOys LaMar The boys rattle few of
thing that looks like script ay resemblance to actual article OF same
oncdena and words about having formerly
been associated with Mr. Zr Danuck of Eighteenth CenurPOpz
pictures Hollywood From there it's usually MURDER sweet
especially when collecting minor items like salary
pensation for services rendered
in spring my baptism
lm-makng shoe-strng
The be produced starred Mr. Henry Armstrong good old Hom
eide Hank boxing friend In the cast Willie Bryant he of
places Dooley Wilson Canada Lee if remember
correctly beautiful bundle by the name OF Margaret Cloud had
part beauty Mrs. John
Kirby, presence Henry
the the whole which
incidentally than be said for of the other products
the kettle We used studio in the Bronx
not far from Fordham University the shooting schedule was ten days
supposed do publicity and exc out what DIDN'T from
that by working The latter item shows what
level the proceedings being conducted.
The director headmogu and guiding genius of the flicker
debut the blue topped
off by Mad Russian accent He called people dok and never
rehaed than for fear somebody the would
suddenly while still open.
picture Harlem the half of Manhattan
acting the display
appreciation of the half emong
Ows Of There's oil Buster there Loo oil Buster And That's
Minne echoed through the intervals
drowning the profound bits dialogue
sad that Of and fed 1t before
enough gumption 70 z o back a movie house.
happened the evils
unsuspectng public Hollywood
UncleTom minded wouldn't dared
movegoers There company Million Dollar Productions
prior the apparently had promising proposition
but go by the way of Sandusky did.
date majority Of the films alNegro
aNero merely
greedy individuals quick dollar I'm glad that
the Beae Street Mama faco npped the bud and hope
others like from reaching
Meanwhile from Herald Pictures New York press
signed Goldberg that a" has been
my that Negroes entitled higher quality
cheap shoddy
budgets haphazad production methods poor
available the hundreds of who
Pictures organized advantage this
will and favoraby with Hollywood product
The of these productions ready
being edited and the third
and will go before the in a few weeks"
The firm also that has acquired fvestory studio
Brooklyn which this moment being
modern motion studio east
sounds encouraging but I'm going drop Mr. Goldberg
if business he'll add e-up
school his promising hopefus plus
few hrsate makeup artists and designers We shall