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{{short description|1937 American film}}
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| name = Dark Manhattan


| image = Dark Manhattan poster.jpg
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| director = [[Harry Fraser (director)|Harry Fraser]]
| producer = [[Ralph Cooper]]<br>George Randol
| writer = [[George Randol]]
| narrator =
| starring = Ralph Cooper
| music = Ben Ellison<br>[[Harvey O. Brooks]]
| cinematography = Arthur Reed
| editing = [[Arthur A. Brooks]]
| distributor =
| studio = Randol-Cooper Productions
| released = {{Film date|1937|1|19}}
| runtime = 69 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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[[File:Dark Manhattan (1937).webm|thumb|right|The film ''Dark Manhattan'']]
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'''''Dark Manhattan''''' is a black and white American film produced in 1937 by a partnership of African Americans [[Ralph Cooper]] and [[George Randol]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_J9HTLOI08wC&q=dark+manhattan+1937&pg=PA346|title=Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939|first=Tino|last=Balio|date=September 6, 1995|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520203341|via=Google Books}}</ref> [[Harry Fraser (director)|Harry Fraser]] directed the film, which was written by Randol who was also the executive producer. The film was the only one made by Randol-Cooper Productions.


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The film opens with a dedication to [[R. B. Harrison]], [[Bert Williams]], and [[Florence Mills]] "and all the pioneer Negro actors who by their many sacrifices paved the way for this presentation."
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Music was by Ellison & Brooks (Ben Ellison and [[Harvey O. Brooks]]). Ben Rinaldo was associate producer.<ref name=massood>{{Cite web|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/24173|title=Making a Promised Land: Harlem in Twentieth-Century Photography and Film|first=Paula J.|last=Massood|date=September 6, 2013|publisher=Rutgers University Press|via=Project MUSE}}</ref>
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[[File:Dark Manhattan (1937).webm|thumb|]]


The film had it's [[world premiere]] on January 19, 1937 at the [[Lincoln Theater (Los Angeles)|Lincoln Theater]], in the heart of L.A.'s [[Central Avenue Corridor]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=PLAN WORLD PREMIERE FOR "DARK MANHATTAN": RANDOL-COOPER ALL-NEGRO FILM TO SHOW JAN. 19 LOUISE BEAVERS VISITS NEW PICTURE STUDIO|author=Levette, Harry|date=January 16, 1937|work=The Pittsburgh Courier|page=A6|quote=But now comes the first real world premiere of an all-Negro cast film made and released by Negro producers, when on January 19, 'Dark Manhattan,' authored and produced at the new Grand International Studio by Geo. Randol and Ralph Cooper, will be flashed on the screen of the Lincoln Theatre. In true Hollywood style brilliant floodlights will turn night into day in the heart of the colored district on Central Avenue, powerful searchlights will sweep the skies pointing the way to what is expected to be as elaborate a social affair as the famous ones staged at the Hollywood theatres.|id={{ProQuest|202039235}}}}</ref>
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'''''Dark Manhattan''''' is a black and white American film produced in 1937 by a partnership of African Americans [[Ralph Cooper]] and [[George Randol]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_J9HTLOI08wC&pg=PA346&lpg=PA346&dq=dark+manhattan+1937#v=onepage|title=Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939|first=Tino|last=Balio|date=September 6, 1995|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520203341|via=Google Books}}</ref> [[Harry Fraser]] directed the film which was written by Randol who was also the executive producer. The film was the only one made by Randol-Copper Productions


The film is discussed in the book ''Making a Promised Land''.<ref name=massood/>
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The film opens with a dedication to [[R. B. Harrison]], [[Bert Williams]], and [[Florence Mills]] "and all the pioneer Negro actors who by their many sacrifces paved the way for this presentation."


==Plot==
Music was by Ellison & Brooks (Ben Ellison and [[Harvey O. Brooks]]. Ben Rinaldo was associate producer.
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An up-and-coming youngster ruthlessly takes control of the numbers racket from the ailing former boss.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2015.167.5.1abc|title=Dark Manhattan|website=National Museum of African American History and Culture}}</ref>

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The film about organized crime features an up and coming youngster ruthlessly taking control of the numbers racket from the ailing former boss.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2015.167.5.1abc|title=Dark Manhattan|website=National Museum of African American History and Culture}}</ref>

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The film is discussed in the book ''Making a Promised Land''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/24173|title=Making a Promised Land: Harlem in Twentieth-Century Photography and Film|first=Paula J.|last=Massood|date=September 6, 2013|publisher=Rutgers University Press|via=Project MUSE}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0028768}}

[[Category:1937 films]]
[[Category:1937 crime drama films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:American crime films]]
[[Category:Race films]]
[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
[[Category:1930s American films]]
[[Category:English-language crime drama films]]

Revision as of 13:17, 19 November 2024

Dark Manhattan
Directed byHarry Fraser
Written byGeorge Randol
Produced byRalph Cooper
George Randol
StarringRalph Cooper
CinematographyArthur Reed
Edited byArthur A. Brooks
Music byBen Ellison
Harvey O. Brooks
Production
company
Randol-Cooper Productions
Release date
  • January 19, 1937 (1937-01-19)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
The film Dark Manhattan

Dark Manhattan is a black and white American film produced in 1937 by a partnership of African Americans Ralph Cooper and George Randol.[1] Harry Fraser directed the film, which was written by Randol who was also the executive producer. The film was the only one made by Randol-Cooper Productions.

The film opens with a dedication to R. B. Harrison, Bert Williams, and Florence Mills "and all the pioneer Negro actors who by their many sacrifices paved the way for this presentation."

Music was by Ellison & Brooks (Ben Ellison and Harvey O. Brooks). Ben Rinaldo was associate producer.[2]

The film had it's world premiere on January 19, 1937 at the Lincoln Theater, in the heart of L.A.'s Central Avenue Corridor.[3]

The film is discussed in the book Making a Promised Land.[2]

Plot

An up-and-coming youngster ruthlessly takes control of the numbers racket from the ailing former boss.[4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Balio, Tino (September 6, 1995). Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520203341 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Massood, Paula J. (September 6, 2013). "Making a Promised Land: Harlem in Twentieth-Century Photography and Film". Rutgers University Press – via Project MUSE.
  3. ^ Levette, Harry (January 16, 1937). "PLAN WORLD PREMIERE FOR "DARK MANHATTAN": RANDOL-COOPER ALL-NEGRO FILM TO SHOW JAN. 19 LOUISE BEAVERS VISITS NEW PICTURE STUDIO". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. A6. ProQuest 202039235. But now comes the first real world premiere of an all-Negro cast film made and released by Negro producers, when on January 19, 'Dark Manhattan,' authored and produced at the new Grand International Studio by Geo. Randol and Ralph Cooper, will be flashed on the screen of the Lincoln Theatre. In true Hollywood style brilliant floodlights will turn night into day in the heart of the colored district on Central Avenue, powerful searchlights will sweep the skies pointing the way to what is expected to be as elaborate a social affair as the famous ones staged at the Hollywood theatres.
  4. ^ "Dark Manhattan". National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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