Cotton Comes to Harlem
Cotton Comes to Harlem is an neo- noir action comedy film co-written and directed in 1970 by Ossie Davis and starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, and Redd Foxx.
The film is based on Chester Himes' novel of the same name.
The opening theme," Ai n't Now But It's Gonna Be" was written by Ossie Davis and performed by Melba Moore.
It was followed two years later by the sequel" Come Back, Charleston Blue".
Panama Flo
Panama Flo is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Garrett Fort.
The film stars Helen Twelvetrees, Robert Armstrong, Charles Bickford, Marjorie Peterson and Maude Eburne.
The film was released on January 19, 1932, by RKO Pictures.
Arnold Perl
Arnold Perl( April 14, 1914 – December 11, 1971) was an American playwright, screenwriter, television producer and television writer.
Perl briefly attended Cornell University, but did not graduate.
He had written for the television series" The Big StoryNaked City The Doctors and the NursesEast Side/ West Side" and" N.Y.P.D.", which he created with David Susskind.
Perl also co-wrote the screenplay for" Cotton Comes to Harlem"( 1970), actor Ossie Davis' film directing debut.
Perl also wrote the play" Tevye and his Daughters".
Perl also wrote and directed the documentary film" Malcolm X"( 1972).
Perl died in 1971.
He was nominated posthumously for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his work on the film in 1973.
Perl's script for the film was later re-written by Spike Lee for his 1992 film on Malcolm X.
Ralph Murphy
Ralph Murphy( May 1, 1895 – February 10, 1967) was an American film director.
Born in Rockville, Connecticut, Murphy was active in films from 1931 through 1962, with some work in television.
From 1941 – 44 he was married to Gloria Dickson, whom he directed in" I Want a Divorce".
His films include:
Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis( born Raiford Chatman Davis; December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American film, television and Broadway actor, director, poet, playwright, author, and civil rights activist.
He was married to Ruby Dee, with whom he frequently performed, until his death in 2005.
He and his wife were named to the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame; were awarded the National Medal of Arts and were recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors.
He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994.
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.
Come Back, Charleston Blue
Come Back, Charleston
Blue is a 1972 comedy film starring Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques, loosely based on Chester Himes' novel" The Heat's On".
It is a sequel to the 1970 film" Cotton Comes to Harlem".
Calvin Lockhart
Calvin Lockhart( born Bert McClossy Cooper; October 18, 1934 March 29, 2007) was a Bahamian – American stage and film actor.
Lockhart was perhaps best known for his roles as; Reverend Deke O'Malley in the 1970 film" Cotton Comes to Harlem" and Biggie Smalls in the 1975 Warner Bros.
film" Let's Do It Again".
Calvin Lockhart
Calvin Lockhart( born Bert McClossy Cooper; October 18, 1934 March 29, 2007) was a Bahamian – American stage and film actor.
Lockhart was perhaps best known for his roles as; Reverend Deke O'Malley in the 1970 film" Cotton Comes to Harlem" and Biggie Smalls in the 1975 Warner Bros.
film" Let's Do It Again".
Gertrude Jeannette
Gertrude Hadley Jeannette (November 28, 1914 – April 4, 2018) was an African American playwright and film and stage actress.
She is also known for being the first woman to work as a licensed taxi driver in New York City, which she began doing in 1942.
Despite being blacklisted during the Red Scare in the 1950s, she wrote five plays and founded the H.A.D.L.E.Y. Players in Harlem, New York, remaining active in mentoring African-American actors in New York City.
In the 1960s and 1970s she appeared in Broadway productions such as "The Long DreamNobody Loves an AlbatrossThe Amen CornerThe Skin of Our Teeth" and "Vieux Carré".
She also appeared in films such as "Cotton Comes to Harlem" in 1969, "Shaft" in 1971, and "Black Girl" in 1972.
She acted into her 80s and retired from directing theater at the age of 98.

Question: Do both directors of films Panama Flo and Cotton Comes to Harlem have the same nationality?
Answer: yes