07 Apr 1976
Sparkle
Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.
Moon Over Harlem
Hardworking Minnie (Cora Green) marries "Dollar" Bill (Bud Harris) a shady gambler after her money and her attractive daughter, Sue (Izanetta Wilcois). Sue meanwhile, is in love with Bob (Carl Hough), an idealist fond of looking out over the skyline and saying "Harlem... there's so much to be done here--it's fairly screaming for leadership." When Bob decides to organize the community against local racketeers he little realizes would-be father-in-law Dollar Bill is one of them. Bill meanwhile has problems of his own: A vicious white mob from lower Manhattan is muscling in on his action, and bullets are about to fly.
Top Billed Cast
Buddy Harris Dollar Bill
Cora Green Minnie
Izinetta Wilcox Sue
Earl Gough Bob
Zerita Stepteau Jackie
Petrina Moore Alice
Daphne Fray Pat
Mercedes Gilbert Jackie's mother
Frances Harrod Maud
Alec Lovejoy Fats
Walter Richardson Brother Hornsby
Slim Thompson Long-Boy
Freddie Robinson Half-Pint
John Bunn Wallstreet
Marieluise Bechet Nina Mae Brown
Archie Cross A Boy from Newark
William Woodward A Boy from Newark
Audrey Talbird Connie
Marie Young Jean
Sidney Bechet Himself - Clarinetist
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