Hallelujah (1929)
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[…] Hallelujah! was the last of the handful of films made by William Fountaine (1897-1945), starting with the lead in Oscar Micheaux’s Uncle Jasper’s Will (1922). He was forthright about his refusal, along with other performers, to speak the racist language originally included in Hallelujah!‘s screenplay. […]
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[…] as an enslaved person. He was apparently working as a porter when he was cast as the patriarch in Hallelujah!, joining a number of other non-professional actors. Gray has two subsequent credits, but remains […]
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[…] working as Jules Bledsoe’s understudy in Showboat when he was offered the lead role of Zeke in Hallelujah!. The part had been intended for Paul Robeson, but he was […]
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[…] of 1928. Her performance was noted by King Vidor, who subsequently cast her as the female lead in Hallelujah!. She replaced his original choice, who was rejected by Irving Thalberg as lacking sex […]
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[…] made by MGM in its early musicals that it cast Victoria Spivey (1906-76) in a non-singing role in Hallelujah!. In her day job Spivey was a notable blues singer and songwriter who went on to work with artists […]
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[…] at MGM, Schayer worked on four of the studio’s early musicals. He wrote the treatment for Hallelujah!, developing King Vidor’s basic idea. In the same year he adapted a French play from 1851 into the […]
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