Boardinghouse Blues

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Boardinghouse Blues ★★ 1948

A showbiz musical centered around a boarding house with tenant troubles. It's an excuse for popular black entertainers of the day to perform, including Lucky Mil-linder, Bull Moose Jackson, Una Mae Carlisle, and Stumpy and Stumpy. 90m/C VHS, DVD . Dusty Fletcher, Moms (Jackie) Mabley; D: Josh Binney.

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