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Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. was the last starring role in a feature movie for Francine Everett, who was a star in race films, most notably Keep Punching (1939) and Big Timers (1945). After completing this film, she had bit roles in two Hollywood productions, Lost Boundaries (1949) and No Way Out (1950), before retiring from acting.
"Gruesome Gertie" is also infamous for having the first known incident of a failed execution by electrocution in the United States. During the execution of Willie Francis on May 3, 1946, the electric chair had been improperly set up by a drunken prison guard, causing Francis to scream "Take it off!
Francine Everett (born Franciene Williamson; April 13, 1915 [1] – May 27, 1999) was an American actress and singer.. Everett is best known for her performances in race films, independently produced motion pictures with all-black casts that were created exclusively for distribution to cinemas that catered to African-American audiences.
Wartime photo, USAAF. The Curtiss C-46 Commando was a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military transport during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces as well as the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps under the designation R5C.
I Wake Up Screaming (originally titled Hot Spot) is a 1941 American mystery thriller film noir. [2] directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Carole Landis, and features one of Grable's few dramatic roles. It is based on the novel of the same name by Steve Fisher, adapted by Dwight Taylor.
These 11 movie titles all include the cultural disclaimer: Fantasia (1940) Dumbo (1941) Mickey Mouse Club (1950’s) Peter Pan (1953) Lady and the Tramp (1955)
The National Film Registry has added 25 new films to its archive at the Library of Congress, including Dirty Dancing, No Country for Old Men and The Social Network.. Since it was founded in 1988 ...
Ginger Rogers as Kitty Foyle. Kitty Foyle (Ginger Rogers), a saleswoman in a New York City boutique owned by Delphine Detaille (Odette Myrtil), faces a life-changing decision: marry her fiancé, a poor doctor named Mark Eisen (James Craig), or run away to South America with a rich man she has loved for many years, the married Wyn Strafford (Dennis Morgan), who is about to leave his wife and ...