13 Sep 2015
Born to Be Blue
Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
Shadows
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.
Top Billed Cast
Ben Carruthers Ben
Lelia Goldoni Lelia
Hugh Hurd Hugh
Dennis Sallas Dennis
Tom Reese Tom
David Pokitillow David
Rupert Crosse Rupert
Davey Jones Davey
Victoria Vargas Vickie
Jacqueline Walcott Jacqueline
Cliff Carnell 
Ronald Maccone Joyce Miles Girl in Restaurant
Nancy Deale Girl in Restaurant
Gigi Brooks Girl in Restaurant
Lynn Hamilton Girl at Party
Marilyn Clark Girl at Party
Joanne Sages Girl at Party
Jed McGarvey Girl at Party
Greta Thyssen Girl at Party
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