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Jack Goldberg was a vaudeville performer who became a producer of films for African American audiences. [1] He ran Hollywood Pictures Corporation in New York City and produced at least two dozen films. His brother Bert Goldberg ran Harlemwood Pictures in Dallas, Texas. [2] Goldberg was white. He married Mamie Smith. [1]
All the while, a filmmaker named Jack Goldberg was suing Capra and The Negro Soldier because he believed that the film “competed unfairly” with his own film that dealt with the same race issues. [1] Although Goldberg ended up losing this lawsuit, The Negro Soldier was never successful in theaters.
She retired from recording and performing in 1931. She returned to performing in 1939 to appear in the movie Paradise in Harlem, produced by her husband, Jack Goldberg. [14] She also appeared in other films, including Mystery in Swing (1940), Sunday Sinners (1940), Stolen Paradise (1941), Murder on Lenox Avenue (1941), and Because I Love You ...
Miracle in Harlem is a 1948 American musical melodrama film, directed by Jack Kemp, [1] and starred an all African American cast. [2] It has been considered one of the best all-black independent films of the 1940s.
Troy Gentile (born Troy Francis Farshi; [1] October 27, 1993) is an American actor best known for his roles as Mark in Hotel for Dogs (2009) and Barry Goldberg on the comedy series The Goldbergs (2013–2023), and for playing young versions of Jack Black‘s characters in Nacho Libre and Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (both 2006).
The Color Purple is a 1985 American epic coming-of-age period drama film that was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes.It is based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker and was Spielberg's eighth film as a director, marking a turning point in his career as it was a departure from the summer blockbusters for which he had become known.
If you've never noticed that Whoopi Goldberg doesn't have eyebrows, don't feel bad -- even those working closely with her have never realized it!On Monday, the 66-year-old opened up with her co ...
Wendi McLendon-Covey (née McLendon; born October 10, 1969) [1] is an American actress known primarily for her work in comedic and improvisational roles. From 2013 until 2023, she played the role of family matriarch Beverly Goldberg on the ABC comedy series The Goldbergs, for which she was nominated for two Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.