Francine Everett

No Way Out (1950)

Robbers Ray Biddle and his brother are shot and taken to the local hospital. There, the two are treated by Dr. Brooks, the hospital's only black doctor. The brothers assault Brooks with racist slurs. And, when his brother ends up dying on the operating table, Ray ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
CAST:  Richard Widmark  •  Linda Darnell  •  Stephen McNally  •  Sidney Poitier

Robbers Ray Biddle and his brother are shot and taken to the local hospital. There, the two are treated by Dr. Brooks, the hospital's only black doctor. The brothers assault Brooks with racist slurs. And, when his brother ends up dying on the operating table, Ray ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
CAST:  Richard Widmark  •  Linda Darnell  •  Stephen McNally  •  Sidney Poitier

Big Timers (1945)

A wealthy young society man is dating a beautiful young woman who he believes is also in his "class" because of her beautiful, classically trained singing voice. In actuality, she is the daughter of a poor hotel maid, and in order to keep the boyfriend from finding ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bud Pollard
CAST:  Stepin Fetchit  •  Francine Everett

A wealthy young society man is dating a beautiful young woman who he believes is also in his "class" because of her beautiful, classically trained singing voice. In actuality, she is the daughter of a poor hotel maid, and in order to keep the boyfriend from finding ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bud Pollard
CAST:  Stepin Fetchit  •  Francine Everett

Paradise in Harlem (1939)

It is the story of a comedian Lem Anderson who dreams of playing in Shakespeare scenes but he is applied only role in Harlem Vaudeville. One day he is the witness of a crime and the mobster strongly advised him to leave the town...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Seiden
CAST:  Mamie Smith  •  Norman Astwood  •  Edna Mae Harris  •  Merritt Smith

It is the story of a comedian Lem Anderson who dreams of playing in Shakespeare scenes but he is applied only role in Harlem Vaudeville. One day he is the witness of a crime and the mobster strongly advised him to leave the town...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Seiden
CAST:  Mamie Smith  •  Norman Astwood  •  Edna Mae Harris  •  Merritt Smith

Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (1946)

A Harlem nightclub entertainer arrives on the Caribbean island of "Rinidad" to perform as the headliner in a revue at the Paradise Hotel. She quickly attracts the attention of several men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Williams
CAST:  Francine Everett  •  Spencer Williams  •  Don Wilson  •  Katherine Moore

A Harlem nightclub entertainer arrives on the Caribbean island of "Rinidad" to perform as the headliner in a revue at the Paradise Hotel. She quickly attracts the attention of several men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Williams
CAST:  Francine Everett  •  Spencer Williams  •  Don Wilson  •  Katherine Moore

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

Tall, Tan and Terrific (1946)

Professional gambler The Duke (Dots Johnson) attempts to cheat Handsome Harry Hansom (Monte Hawley), who owns a successful Harlem nightclub, out of his club and his contract with his lead singer and girlfriend Tall, Tan, and Terrific (Francine Everett). This leads ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bud Pollard
CAST:  Mantan Moreland  •  Monte Hawley  •  Francine Everett  •  Dots Johnson

Professional gambler The Duke (Dots Johnson) attempts to cheat Handsome Harry Hansom (Monte Hawley), who owns a successful Harlem nightclub, out of his club and his contract with his lead singer and girlfriend Tall, Tan, and Terrific (Francine Everett). This leads ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bud Pollard
CAST:  Mantan Moreland  •  Monte Hawley  •  Francine Everett  •  Dots Johnson

Stars on Parade (1946)

Small radio station, about to lose its last sponsor, gets reprieve when its manager unknowingly helps a performer who is friends with all the major pop radio stars, who come to put on a show of shows.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Seiden
CAST:  Milton Wood  •  Francine Everett  •  Jane Cooley  •  Bob Howard

Small radio station, about to lose its last sponsor, gets reprieve when its manager unknowingly helps a performer who is friends with all the major pop radio stars, who come to put on a show of shows.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Seiden
CAST:  Milton Wood  •  Francine Everett  •  Jane Cooley  •  Bob Howard

Babbling Bess (1943)

The Chanticleers perform "Babbling Bess."  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Forest Crouch
CAST:  The Chanticleers  •  Francine Everett

The Chanticleers perform "Babbling Bess."  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Forest Crouch
CAST:  The Chanticleers  •  Francine Everett