Spencer Williams Movies

Virtually unseen for more than eighty years, Spencer Williams’s first film is a one-reel comedy short in which a rivalry between two men is...

Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

The film is set in Memphis, Tennessee and focuses on a street sweeper who comes upon a large parcel of money. He uses the newly acquired wealth to go...

A musical short.

Film by Spencer Williams.

A nightclub owner's wife, jealous of his attentions to his star singer, schemes to get her fired.

"Willie Dime," a big, bad taxi driver, is very jealous of "Miss Eva" and it burns him up to see any fool Jelly-bean "carrying on flirtatious...

US Navy produced short stars Joel Fluellen as a draftee from his civilian job at a black newspaper through boot camp and an assignment in the...