Boarding House Blues (1948)

Tenants of a Harlem boarding house put on a show to save their home. Cast (Wikipedia): Moms Mabley as Moms; Dusty Fletcher as Dusty; Marcellus Wilson as Jerry; Marie Cooke as Lila Foster; Augustus Smith as Norman Norman; John D. Lee Jr. as Stanley; Emory Richardson as Simon; Harold Cromer as Moofty; Sidney Easton as Boo Boo; Freddie Robinson as Freddie; John Mason as Boarders (with “company“); John Riano as Steggy (the ape); Lucky Millinder as Himself (bandleader); Una Mae Carlisle as Herself (singer); Bull Moose Jackson as Himself (singer); Warren Berry as One of Berry Brothers; Nyas Berry as One of Berry Brothers; Anistine Allen as Herself (singer); Paul Breckenridge as Himself (singer); James Cross as Stump; Eddie Hartman as Stumpy; Lee Norman as Themselves; ’Crip’ Heard as Himself (one-legged dancer); Edgar Martin as Joe. More Information: IMDB: Internet Archive: Wikipedia: