The Duke Is Tops (1938)
- Directed by
- William Nolte, Ralph Cooper
- Genre
- musical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 03m
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A musical producer and a singer try to make it big in show business. The story follows their professional and romantic ups and downs.
energeticupbeatlivelyretrolightheartednostalgicrhythmicshowy
What happens
The Duke Is Tops is a 1938 American musical film released by Million Dollar Productions and directed by William Nolte. The film was later released in 1944 under the title The Bronze Venus. It features top-billed Lena Horne in her film debut, along with Ralph Cooper. The film was one of the low-budget musical film "race movies" made in the 1930s and 1940s for the African-American market. The casts and production teams of these films were almost all black, and the music reflected current tastes in jazz and rhythm and blues. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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