Pie, Pie Blackbird (1932)

Directed by

Roy Mack

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

11 min

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1932 comedy short film starring African American performers. It features musical performances by Nina Mae McKinney, the Nicholas Brothers, Eubie Blake, and Noble Sissle.

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What happens

Pie, Pie Blackbird is a 1932 Vitaphone pre-Code short comedy film released by Warner Bros. on June 4, 1932, starring African American performers Nina Mae McKinney, the Nicholas Brothers (in their film debut, albeit uncredited), Eubie Blake, and Noble Sissle. McKinney and the Nicholas Brothere were reunited in another Roy Mack musical short film written by A. Dorian Otvos, The Black Network (1936). A clip from the film is included in That's Black Entertainment (1989) and the TV special It's Black Entertainment (2002). The full film is available on DVD for Hallelujah! (1929). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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