The Black Network

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The Black Network (1936)

Directed by Roy Mack

Music · 20m

The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers. Since his wife's father put up the money to be the sponsor, she insists on singing on the show. She goes on after the main star, singer Nina Mae McKinney. The wife sings so badly that the sponsor's customers abandon him. He is forced to shine shoes on street corners, while Nina Mae and her boyfriend win a bet on a daily number and end up on easy street.

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Cast

Nina Mae McKinney Nina Mae - Radio Singer
E
Emmett 'Babe' Wallace Babe Amanda Randolph Mezzanine Johnson
B
Bill 'Basement' Brown Brutus Johnson Fayard Nicholas Dancer (uncredited) Harold Nicholas Dancer (uncredited)

Crew

Director
Roy Mack

Details

Release date
1936-04-04
Runtime
20m
Genres
Music
Original language
EN
Countries
United States of America
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation