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The Notorious Elinor Lee is a 1940 race film directed, written, and co-produced by the African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux . Plot. Elinor Lee, a gangster’s moll living in the Harlem section of New York City, has signed up-and-coming boxer Benny Blue to a 10-year contract.
24 de mar. de 2024 · O filme, destinado ao público negro (que era proibido de frequentar as grandes salas de cinema), tinha uma longa duração. Foi feito com oito rolos de película, algo incomum na época. Mesmo Charles Chaplin só faria um filme de oito rolos em 1921, quando estrelou O Garoto (The Kid, 1921).
72min. Cast: Gladys Williams, Robert Earl Jones, Edna Mae Harris. Michaux’s last extant film stars Robert Earl Jones (father of James Earl Jones) as Benny Blue, a heavyweight contender modeled after Joe Louis, and Gladys Williams as gangster moll Elinor Lee, who buys Blue’s 10-year contract with plans to make him throw a championship fight.
The Notorious Elinor Lee: Dirigido por Oscar Micheaux. Com Gladys Williams, Robert Earl Jones, Carman Newsome, Edna Mae Harris. Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.
THE NOTORIOUS ELINOR LEE. U.S., 1940. Written and directed by Oscar Micheaux. Starring Gladys Williams, Robert Earl Jones, Edna Mae Harris. Cinematography by Lester Lang. Approx. 72 min. DCP restoration from materials preserved by the Library of Congress.
7 de fev. de 2017 · Preview Clip: The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940, An Oscar Micheaux Film starring Edna Mae Harris) https://www.daaracarchive.org/2017/02... Elinor Lee, a gangster’s moll living in the...
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Alfred N. Sack Producer. Nelson Minnerly Sound. Critics reviews. Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.
