Jess Lee Brooks

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Jungle Siren
4

Jungle Siren

Aug 14, 1942
A woman - raised in the jungle - tries to help an American stop a native uprising spurned on by Nazis.
Romance
Spirit of Youth
5.5

Spirit of Youth

Apr 01, 1938
L'histoire de la montée du boxeur Joe Thomas, qui a mis en parallèle la vie de Joe Louis.
Drama
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
4.5
A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him.
Action
Broken Strings
4.5

Broken Strings

Jan 01, 1940
After noted violinist Arthur Williams suffers a hand injury which ends his playing career, his hopes are transferred to his son, who prefers swing music to classical.
Music
Dark Manhattan
6

Dark Manhattan

Feb 13, 1937
A low-level gangster determines to let nothing stand in the way of his gaining control of the numbers rackets in Harlem.
Drama
The Sun Never Sets
4.8

The Sun Never Sets

May 31, 1939
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompanied by his wife Helen. He discovers his younger brother John, is not keen on following in his footsteps. John is then persuaded to try colonial service by his grandfather. He is accompanied by Clive who has been sent to investigate the source of a series of radio broadcasts that are sewing unrest throughout the world. These may be linked to Hugo Zurof, a man plotting to rule the world.
Drama
Mystery in Swing
6

Mystery in Swing

May 09, 1940
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 some more great music, a detective finds the lists of suspects is very long, as Prince Ellis was indeed very unpopular with many citizens.
Music
Le Poison
7.6

Le Poison

Nov 29, 1945
Don Birnam est un alcoolique de longue date. Voilà dix jours qu'il n'a pas touché à une goutte d'alcool, et il semble sur la bonne voie. S'arrangeant pour ne pas aller passer un week-end à la campagne avec son frère et sa petite amie, il se retrouve seul pour quatre jours de cuite sévère. Il repense à son passé, souvent gâché par la bouteille. Cette fois, sa descente aux enfers sera sa dernière, d'une façon ou d'une autre.
Drama
La Piste de Santa Fé
5.7

La Piste de Santa Fé

Dec 20, 1940
1854, Jeb Stuart et George Armstrong Custer partent à Fort Leavenworth, au Kansas, rejoindre la Deuxième Unité de Cavalerie. Mais la région est troublée par un certain John Brown, partisan de l'abolition de l'esclavage. Et l'armée a pour ordre de stopper ces agissements.
Western
Life Goes On
1

Life Goes On

Apr 01, 1938
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 education. Bob grows up to be a brilliant lawyer, while Henry decides that a life of crime is the best path to easy riches. Gangster "Bull" Connors frames Henry, now known as Monte, on a murder charge, and it is up to Bob to clear his brother.
Action
Love Thy Neighbor
6.5

Love Thy Neighbor

Dec 27, 1940
Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each other's throats due to real and imagined slights.
Comedy
Mystery Sea Raider
3

Mystery Sea Raider

Oct 26, 1940
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
War
Gang War
5.8

Gang War

Mar 28, 1940
Two mobs fight for control of the jukebox racket.
Crime
Lucky Ghost
6.2

Lucky Ghost

Feb 10, 1942
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 exploits the more base, stereotypical elements of old-time black life (chicken thievin', gamblin', runnin' from ghosteses) for laughs -- sort of like the BET of its day. Mantan and Miller win a house-cum-casino in a craps game, only to discover that the deceased former owners aren't too pleased that their old home is being used for "jitterbugging, jiving, and hullaballooing". I hate hullaballooing. The ghosts decide to scare everyone off by opening doors and windows, pulling out chairs, even playing the drums.
Comedy
Les Voyages de Sullivan
7.4
Lassé des frasques d'Hollywood, John L. Sullivan, jusque-là réalisateur de comédies, décide de tourner un film qu'il veut plus dramatique et ancré dans la réalité. Vêtu tel un vagabond, il commence ses "voyages" pour mieux comprendre les aspirations des milieux défavorisés.
Comedy