ThUrsday , February 2,  7 pm

The University of Texas at Austin, Bass Lecture Hall  DIRECTIONS

Murder in Harlem: Originally titled Lem Hawkins’ Confession, Murder in Harlem is a remake of Micheaux’s 1921 silent film, The Gunsaulus Mystery.  Micheaux makes an appearance in the film.  Shown with William D. Alexander’s 1946 short, Vanities, featuring the talents of impersonator Charles Keith and singers Joesfred Portree and “Little Audrey” Armstrong. )

 

TUESDAY, February 7, 10 am- noon, 1 - 3 pm,  4-6 pm

George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center DIRECTIONS

Midnight Shadow:  Two junior detectives (Richard Bates and Buck Woods) pit their resources against a large oil concern in Shreveport, LA, which is not above hiring hit men to obtain oil rights from uncooperative owners.  Shown with William D. Alexander’s By-Line Newsreel #1.

 

Wednesday, February 15, 7 pm

The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Union Theatre DIRECTIONS

Souls of Sin: Realistic portrayal of the lifestyles of a burned-out writer, a talented young guitarist (William Greaves) and an angry conman who gets mixed up with the female owner of a swanky Harlem nightclub in 1940’s Harlem. Shown with Alexander’s 1948 musical short, Boogie Woogie Blues, featuring Hadda Brooks and her trademark low, sultry singing voice and William D. Alexander’s By-Line Newsreel #2.

 

SUNDAY, February 19, 1 - 3 pm, 4 - 6 pm

George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center DIRECTIONS

Blood of Jesus:  A religious drama about faith in Jesus and His remarkable healing power. It contains one of the most faithful portrayals of a rural baptism ever filmed. Shown with the 1939 short, Broken Earth, starring actor-singer Clarence Muse as a hard-working farmer whose son, stricken with fever, is healed by his father’s sincere prayer, and with William D. Alexander’s By-Line Newsreel #3.

 

SATURDAY, February 25, 12 noon - 2 pm, 3 - 5 pm

George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center DIRECTIONS

Where’s My Man To-nite? aka Marching On!:  Where’s My Man To-nite? aka Marching On!:  An inventive story about a young army recruit named Rodney Tucker (Hugh Martin) who goes AWOL from his Arizona training camp after hearing his girlfriend (Georgia Kelly) dedicate a song to his drill sergeant over the radio. He jumps a freight car and bumps into his long-lost father, who had never returned from World War II due to amnesia.  They are joined in their travels by a trio of Japanese spies and eventually by grandfather Tucker, who demonstrates the meaning of service to one’s country. (72 minutes) Shown with William D. Alexander’s By-Line Newsreel #4. (7 minutes)

 

 

 

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