Edward Thompson Movies

After noted violinist Arthur Williams suffers a hand injury which ends his playing career, his hopes are transferred to his son, who prefers swing...

A theatrical producer puts aside his own success to boost the career of a talented singer.

An undercover police woman poses as a nighclub entertainer to catch the main man behind the racketeers going on around Harlem. Meanwhile two men are...

An all-black horror comedy starring Mantan Moreland and sometimes partner (and straight man) F.E. Miller, Lucky Ghost is amusing low-brow fare that...

Privacy Robson is a downtrodden husband who takes advice from his friend Florian Slappey. He eventually gets the upper hand after starting divorce...

Two mobs fight for control of the jukebox racket.

Tommy McCoy and "Dude" Markey are both in love with Harlem singer/dancer Nita. Markey robs a jewelry store and turns the loot over to gang-boss...

In and around some great blues, swing and jazz music, a very unpopular band-leader. Prince Ellis, is killed in a Harlem nightclub, and, in and around...

Spencer Williams' comedy feature.

A lost film. Remade by Micheaux as a sound film, The Girl from Chicago (1932).

A nightclub owner's wife, jealous of his attentions to his star singer, schemes to get her fired.

The husband of Sally Weston dies, and she decides to move to New York City where she feels her two young sons, Bob and Henry, can get a better...

"Willie Dime," a big, bad taxi driver, is very jealous of "Miss Eva" and it burns him up to see any fool Jelly-bean "carrying on flirtatious...

Musical film with an all-black cast.

A musical short starring Sam McDaniel and Spencer Williams.

A gangster film about the Harlem underworld.