Pinky
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Nor...
Acting
Nina Mae McKinney (June 12, 1912 – May 3, 1967) was an American actress who worked internationally during the 1930s and in the postwar period in theatre, film and television, after beginning her career on Broadway and in Hollywood. Dubbed "The Black Garbo" in Europe because of her striking beauty, McKinney was both one of the first African-American film stars in the United States and one of the first African-Americans to appear on British television.
Browse movies and TV shows featuring Nina Mae McKinney
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Nor...
A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. T...
The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill B...
Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and wh...
A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.
An undercover police woman poses as a nighclub entertainer to catch the main man behind the racketeers going on...
To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst crimina...
Though he fought for the North in the Civil War, John is asked by the Governor of Texas to get rid of some trou...
A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to he...
Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally...
A mountain community is thrown into turmoil as the townspeople debate the advantages and disadvantages of havin...
Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.
A black laborer turns preacher after accidentally killing a man.
Jack and Jerry are doing okay between profession baseball and Vaudeville. That is, until love and gold-diggers...
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-ru...
Sylvia Walton returns from Harlem to take over a Jamaican plantation from her vindictive half-sister, amid the...
An homage to NYC in the form of a short travelogue.
Short featuring musician Eubie Blake and his orchestra, singer Nina Mae McKinney, and young tap dancers Fayard...
Mantan takes a job as office boy at a new TV station and gets to watch several pre-recorded musical numbers.
'Old-time minstrel sinks to poverty and rises to fresh stardom.' (British Film Catalogue)
In rhyme, a soapbox preacher, Mr. Blue Laws, enlists Mr. Public Opinion in the efforts of the Society for the P...
Singer Jimmy Williams' father Joe is a chemist who recently lost his job to George Elliott. Since then, Joe has...
Publicity film for manufacturers and retailers of television equipment. A survey of the programmes transmitted...
A Bevy of Beauties and a Boatload of Fun
The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers. Since his wife's fath...