Mae E. Johnson

Vogues of 1938 (1937)

An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Joan Bennett  •  Helen Vinson  •  Mischa Auer

An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Joan Bennett  •  Helen Vinson  •  Mischa Auer

Stormy Weather (1943)

Dancing great Bill Williamson sees his face on the cover of Theatre World magazine and reminisces: Just back from World War I, he meets lovely singer Selina Rogers at a soldiers' ball and promises to come back to her when he "gets to be somebody." Years go by, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew L. Stone
CAST:  Lena Horne  •  Bill Robinson  •  Cab Calloway  •  Fats Waller

Dancing great Bill Williamson sees his face on the cover of Theatre World magazine and reminisces: Just back from World War I, he meets lovely singer Selina Rogers at a soldiers' ball and promises to come back to her when he "gets to be somebody." Years go by, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew L. Stone
CAST:  Lena Horne  •  Bill Robinson  •  Cab Calloway  •  Fats Waller

Keep Punching (1939)

Henry Jackson, known as Little Dynamite, is a Golden Gloves champion, who agrees to turn professional when approached by fight manager Ed Watson, despite the opposition raised by his father and Fanny Singleton, his sweetheart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Clein
CAST:  Henry Armstrong  •  Willie Bryant  •  Mae E. Johnson  •  Hamtree Harrington

Henry Jackson, known as Little Dynamite, is a Golden Gloves champion, who agrees to turn professional when approached by fight manager Ed Watson, despite the opposition raised by his father and Fanny Singleton, his sweetheart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Clein
CAST:  Henry Armstrong  •  Willie Bryant  •  Mae E. Johnson  •  Hamtree Harrington