Dirty Gertie From Harlem
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Dirty Gertie From Harlem USA is a musical race film with an all black cast. It produced and distributed by Sack Amusement Enterprises. It was first released in 1946. A sexy, enticing dancer from Harlem makes drama in a…
About Dirty Gertie From Harlem
Dirty Gertie From Harlem USA is a musical race film with an all black cast. It produced and distributed by Sack Amusement Enterprises. It was first released in 1946.
A sexy, enticing dancer from Harlem makes drama in a sleepy Caribbean island resort.
Films such as this one, that used an all African-American cast and were shown specifically to African-American audiences, were known as "race films." A lot of silent films and early talkies were made with black actors, but sadly so many of them are lost.