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Movies For the Blind
By Valerie HunterTV & Film
Movies For the Blind episodes
- Episode 212 – The Lazarus Syndrome, part 2 (repeat)
While the evidence seems clear that Joe’s hospital roommate needs heart bypass surgery, Mac (Louis Gossett Jr.) can’t help but feel something doesn’t add up. Part 2 of 2. First posted May 8, 2012.
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William Blinn @ Archive for American TelevisionTrailer for “Brian’s Song”Ronald Hunter Obituary @ VarietyMac (Louis Gossett Jr. looks at Joe (Ronald Hunter) as he looks down into the operating theatre.
40 min - Episode 211 – The Lazarus Syndrome, part 1 (repeat)
Louis Gossett Jr. plays a hard-working doctor dealing with a disintegrating marriage and a patient (Ronald Hunter) whose journalistic instincts are causing trouble at his hospital. 1978. Part 1 of 2. First posted May 1, 2012.
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Original movie from Internet ArchiveMovie info from IMDBLouis Gossett Jr. Official WebsiteEnemy Mine @ IMDBVortigaunt @ WikipediaWearing a turtleneck in the emergency room, Mac (Louis Gossett Jr.) uses defibrillators on Joe (Ronald Hunter).
39 min - Episode 210 – Judge Priest, part 2 (repeat)
The Judge (Will Rogers) has his position on the bench threatened in an assault trial that will reveal a very big secret. Part 2 of 2. First posted April 23, 2012.
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Stepin Fetchit: Hollywood’s First Black Film Star @ NPRStepin Fetchit @ Wikipedia“The Coon Caricature” via Ferris State UniversityHattie McDaniel @ WikipediaHattie McDaniel accepts her Oscar @ YouTubeThe word “JUSTICE!” is written on an envelope.
46 min - Episode 209 – Judge Priest, part 1 (repeat)
Will Rogers stars as a common-sense widower with his own way of running a courtroom in a post-Reconstruction Kentucky small town. 1934. Part 1 of 2. First posted April 16, 2012.
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Original movie from Internet ArchiveMovie info from IMDBWill Rogers @ WikipediaOfficial Site of Will Rogers“Old Judge Priest” stories (as PDF, plain text, and for Daisy, Kindle and more) @ Internet ArchiveJudge Priest (Will Rogers) reads a newspaper while presiding in his courtroom.
44 min - Episode 208 – Time Table, part 2 (repeat)
Charlie (Mark Stevens) heads for Mexico, but not for the purpose originally planned, as he tries to stay one step ahead of his own investigation. Part 2 of 2. First posted April 10, 2012.
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Review @ Noir of the Week (spoilers)
Alan Reed bio @ IMDB
Mark Stevens bio @ IMDBCharlie (Mark Stevens) holds Linda (Felicia Farr) and a pistol as they hide around a corner.
43 min - Episode 207 – Time Table, part 1 (repeat)
An insurance investigator (Mark Stevens) has to cancel his vacation when called to find the money stolen in a daring train robbery. But he’s a little more stressed about the case than he should be. 1956. Part 1 of 2. First posted April 3, 2012.
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Mark Stevens @ Wikipedia
Cleveland Play House
Jack Klugman @Wikipedia
Alan Reed @IMDB
History of The Flintstones @ YouTubeIn a suit and hat, Charlie (Mark Stevens) stands by framed text which says “There is no such thing as a Perfect Crime”.
44 min - Episode 206 – The Fatal Glass of Beer (repeat)
In this parody of melodramas set in the frozen North, prospector Snavely (W.C Fields) returns home via dogsled to his cabin, where he and his wife are reunited with their son who left for the city only to land in prison. 1933. First posted March 27, 2012.
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“Driven to Drink: The Films of W.C. Fields” @ Modern Drunkard
Review @ Booze MoviesSnavely (W.C. Fields) opens a cabin door and gets a cloud of snow blown at him.
23 min - Episode 205 – The Dentist (repeat)
In this short, W.C. Fields has the title role as an irascible man dealing with a freakish golf game, strange patients and a daughter who wants to run off with the iceman. 1932. First posted March 19, 2012.
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W.C. Fields @ Wikipedia
W.C. Fields bio @ The Canteen
The Dentist @ DoctorMacro.comIn his exam room wearing his white lab coat, The Dentist (W.C. Fields) holds a rifle to the long bushy beard of a patient in the chair.
24 min - Episode 204 – Dirty Gertie from Harlem USA, part 2 (repeat)
A “voodoo woman” predicts doom for Gertie (Francine Everett), but who poses the greatest threat: Mr. Christian, Diamond Joe, the piano player, the two servicemen…or her own conscience? Part 2 of 2. First posted March 12, 2012.
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Francine Everett @ BlackPast.org
Francine Everett obituary @ New York Times
Cab Calloway singing “Blues In the Night” @ YouTubeOn her balcony, Gertie (Francine Everett) stares into the sky fearfully.
33 min - Episode 203 – Dirty Gertie From Harlem U.S.A., part 1 (repeat)
A tropical island hosts a musical revue starring a glamorous but selfish exotic dancer (Francine Everett) haunted by past mistakes. 1946. Part 1 of 2. First posted March 5, 2012.
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Spencer Williams @ Wikipedia
Other “race films”: MFTB103/4 – The Duke Is Tops and MFTB 161/2 – BewareGertie (Francine Everett) stares at the camera, unsmiling, her raised hand wearing opera-length gloves.
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