Underworld / Alfred N. Sack presents ; produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; Sack Amusement Enterprises. Dark Manhattan / Randol-Cooper Productions, Inc. present ; directed by Harry Fraser ; original story and screenplay George Randol.

Underworld: "Paul Bronson lusts after the decadent world of nightclubs and casinos. His strongest desires are reserved for the dangerously voluptuous Dinah Jackson, but this beautiful temptress is really the 'property' of mob boss LeRoy Giles. When jealous LeRoy gets wind of Dinah's cheating, he cut...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Underworld (Motion picture : 1937)
Corporate Authors: Sack Amusement Enterprises (Production company)
Randol-Cooper Productions, Inc (Production company)
Alpha Home Entertainment (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors: Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951 (Film director, Film producer)
Sack, Alfred N. (Presenter)
Freeman, Bee, 1899-1986 (Actor)
Johnson, Sol (Actor)
Chester, Slick, 1900- (Actor)
Moses, Ethel (Actor)
Polk, Oscar (Actor)
Tucker, Lorenzo (Actor)
Saulter, Dotty (Actor)
Fraser, Harry, 1889-1974 (Film director)
Randol, George (Screenwriter)
Cooper, Ralph, 1908-1992 (Actor)
Herndon, Cleo, 1908-1994 (Actor)
Brooks, Clarence (Actor)
Brooks, Jess Lee, 1894-1944 (Actor)
McDaniel, Sam, 1886-1962 (Actor)
Anderson, Corny, 1894-1966 (Actor)
Glover, Rubeline (Actor)
Adamson, James, 1896-1956 (Actor)
Baker, Edna Mae
Language:English
Published: Narberth, PA : Alpha Home Entertainment, [2008]
Series:Harlem double feature.
Subjects:
African American criminals > Drama.
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Drama.
Crime > Drama.
Baker, Edna Mae > Film adaptations.
Baker, Edna Mae.
African American criminals.
African Americans.
Crime.
Illinois > Chicago.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Harlem.
Race films.
Gangster films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films > United States.
Drama.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Race films.
Gangster films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films
Physical Description:1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Underworld: "Paul Bronson lusts after the decadent world of nightclubs and casinos. His strongest desires are reserved for the dangerously voluptuous Dinah Jackson, but this beautiful temptress is really the 'property' of mob boss LeRoy Giles. When jealous LeRoy gets wind of Dinah's cheating, he cuts off her money and kicks her out. An angry Dinah has LeRoy shot, and suspicion falls on Paul. Dinah is Paul's only alibi-- and his only hope of avoiding a long walk down death row"--Packaging.
Dark Manhattan: "On the tough back streets of Harlem, thugs and crooks fight for control of the numbers racket. One small time hood, 'Curly' Thorpe, is enlisted by the biggest mob boss in town. Larry B. Lee, to be his protege. Curly takes over the operation, bringing a new level of brutality and greed to Lennox Avenue. Beautiful women, fast cars and hard cash are all that Curly cares about, but he steps on the wrong toes to get them. Tougher men than Curly now want him dead"--Packaging.
Note:Underworld adapted from the story Chicago after midnight / Edna Mae Baker.
Underworld and Dark Manhattan originally released as individual motion pictures in 1937.
Call Number:PN1995.9.N4 U53 2008 VideoDVD
Credits:Underworld: director of photography, Lester Lang ; editor, Nathan Cy Braunstein.
Dark Manhattan: director of photography, Arthur Reed ; editor, Arthur Brooks ; music, Ellison & Brooks.
System Details:DVD; NTSC; all regions; full screen presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
Participant or Performer:
Underworld: Bee Freeman, Sol Johnson, Slick Chester, Ethel Moses, Oscar Polk, Lorenzo Tucker, Dottie Salters.
Dark Manhattan: Ralph Cooper, Cleo Herndon, Clarence Brooks, Jess Lee Brooks, Sam McDaniels, Corny Anderson, Rubeline Glover, James Adamson.