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The Black Network

19366.0 / 1020 min
Music

Overview

The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers. Since his wife's father put up the money to be the sponsor, she insists on singing on the show. She goes on after the main star, singer Nina Mae McKinney. The wife sings so badly that the sponsor's customers abandon him. He is forced to shine shoes on street corners, while Nina Mae and her boyfriend win a bet on a daily number and end up on easy street.

Cast

Nina Mae McKinney

Nina Mae McKinney

Nina Mae - Radio Singer

Emmett 'Babe' Wallace

Emmett 'Babe' Wallace

Babe

Amanda Randolph

Amanda Randolph

Mezzanine Johnson

Bill 'Basement' Brown

Bill 'Basement' Brown

Brutus Johnson

Fayard Nicholas

Fayard Nicholas

Dancer (uncredited)

Harold Nicholas

Harold Nicholas

Dancer (uncredited)

Crew

Roy Mack

Roy Mack

Director