Stepin Fetchit
Birthday: 1902-05-30
Place of Birth: Key West, Florida, USA
Biography: Stepin Fetchit (1902–1985) was an American comedian and actor. His Fetchit persona parlayed into a successful film career, eventually becoming the first black actor to become a millionaire. He was also the first black actor to receive screen credit. Stepin Fetchit typical film persona and stage name have long been controversial, and seen as illustrative of negative stereotypes of Negroes. However, a newer interpretation of his film persona contends he was ultimately subversive of the status quo.
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Inquiring Nuns
Two nuns travel across Chicago asking people the question, "Are you happy?"...
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Judge Priest
Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum K...
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Dimples
Dimples Appleby lives with her pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains...
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The Devil's Skipper
The Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast...
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Charlie Chan in Egypt
While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers tha...
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Carolina
During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory ...
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In Old Kentucky
Young Brierly struggles to save his father, Major Brierly, from the clutches of alcohol after the Gr...
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The Tragedy of Youth
Neglected by shallow husband Dick, young bride Paula Wayne seeks male companionship outside the mari...
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36 Hours to Kill
Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a...
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Bend of the River
Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of home...
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Neck and Neck
Bill Grant is a small-time gambler who spends more time embellishing his accomplishments than actual...
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Thru Different Eyes
A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder ...
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Amazing Grace
A widow tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers th...
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a.k.a. Cassius Clay
The study of crazy brilliance and flamboyant sincerity. a.k.a. Cassius Clay presents a fascinating l...
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Helldorado
Arthur T. Ryan, a hitchhiker, gets a ride from haughty, society girl Glenda Wynant and her fiance, w...
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The Sun Shines Bright
With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involve...
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Wild Horse
Ben Hall offers $1000 for the wild Devil Horse which Jim Wright and Skeeter capture. While Jim is aw...
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The Galloping Ghost
A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games. Footba...
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Miracle in Harlem
A crooked real estate tycoon tricks a trusting young woman out of her small candy store. When he is ...
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David Harum
Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom ...
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The Big Fight
Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jac...
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Big Timers
A wealthy young society man is dating a beautiful young woman who he believes is also in his "class"...
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Hearts in Dixie
Nappus sends his grandson north for schooling to shelter him from their community....
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Swing High
To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circ...
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Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in New Y...
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The Mysterious Stranger
Raoul Lesage suspects his wife, April, of infidelity with Herman Bennett, an artist, and forsakes he...
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Zenobia
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage...
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One More Spring
Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on th...
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Show Boat
This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. ...
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On the Avenue
A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her ow...
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The Prodigal
An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his wealthy...
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A Tough Winter
The gang creates a huge mess after they get into a taffy-pulling contest....
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The World Moves On
Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to ...
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His Exciting Night
A milquetoast clerk is betrothed to the socialite whose aunt holds a big account with his company....
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Love Is News
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns th...
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Harlem Follies of 1949
Pretty Ruth Mason, who headlined at the Village sport for almost a year, is the heroine with Manhatt...
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Steamboat Round the Bend
A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to fi...
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Thru Different Eyes
Harvey Manning is placed on trial for the murder of Jack Winfield, his closest friend, whose body wa...
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent...
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Cameo Kirby
Cameo Kirby, an honest riverboat gambler who works the Mississippi, rescues a girl from a gang of ru...
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Marie Galante
On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bo...
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Stand Up and Cheer!
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in ord...
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Fifty Roads to Town
A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the...
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Hot Tip
An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the po...
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Big Time
The relationship between a male dancer and his actress girlfriend is threatened by a scheming choris...
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Slow Poke
Stepin Fetchit in the Educational Pictures short "Slow Poke," doing the shtick that made him a milli...
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The Ghost Talks
Miriam Holt hopes to solve the disappearance of a million dollars in bonds allegedly stolen by her l...
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a stu...
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Broadway and Main
Gloria Parker plays a station news agent who sings about a well-dressed man who comes to her asking ...
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