BOARDING HOUSE BLUES
Special Features: New DCP
"'Moms' (Moms Mabley) runs a theatrical boarding house but is always short of money because the tenants fail to pay. The landlord threatens to foreclose and throw everyone into the street unless a beautiful young singer, Lila Foster (Marie Cooke), will agree to marry him. The motley assortment of tenants stages a variety show to raise cash in an attempt to save both their homes and her honor...The bulk of the film's music was supplied by Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra, featuring Bull Moose Jackson, Anistine Allen and Paul Breckinridge, who were all appearing with him at the Apollo. But the film also features specialty numbers from Lewis and White, the remarkable 'Crip' Heard and several other acts…Binney directed in his usual style, using several cameras and a minimum of editing." – Richard Koszarski, "'Keep 'Em in the East': Kazan, Kubrick, and the Postwar New York Film Renaissance." DIR Josh Binney; SCR Hal Seeger; PROD E. M. Glucksman. U.S., 1948, b&w, 90 min. NOT RATED
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, July 30, 2022
Genre: Music
