
14 Dec 1984

The Cotton Club
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

A film not to be missed.
The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.

Ben

Lelia

Hugh
Dennis

Tom
David

Rupert
Davey
Vickie
Jacqueline

Girl in Restaurant
Girl in Restaurant
Girl in Restaurant
Girl at Party
Girl at Party

Girl at Party
Girl at Party

Girl at Party

14 Dec 1984

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

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