Movies: Eugene Jackson

Good-natured gambler Marty Black falls into ownership of a booking joint but soon falls on hard times. His one out is a marker for half-ownership in a young thoroughbred, which he quickly calls in. He discovers the other owner to be a young woman fro...

An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times....

A wrongfully-imprisoned man becomes determined to find who was responsible for the death of a local sheriff....

A jockey finally hits the big time, but he lets his success go to his head, threatening his career and his life....

Mickey Daniels doing an impersonation of Sherlock Holmes and Joe Cobb being Watson as the two try to discover the whereabouts of a young rich kids who has gone missing. While trying to find the kid the gang must also try and avoid a dumb detective al...

Penrod and his gang don't want to let neighborhood "goodie-goodie" Georgie Bassett into their club, but Penrod's father pressures him to allow the boy in because his parents are wealthy and prominent members of the town. Finally the boys agree to let...

A horse with great potential is reluctantly sold by the breeder and by chance passes through multiple hands who do not treat him well....

In 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain....

Nappus sends his grandson north for schooling to shelter him from their community....

An All-Black comedy musical....

A female warden takes over at a state reform school and attempts to bring about needed changes. Restored in 2020 by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts from a 16mm print donated by Giancarlo Espo...

An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife....

A well-meaning doctor lends his building to a group of neighborhood kids. When the neighbors learn that the kids are members of a tough Harlem gang, they begin to suspect they're up to nefarious deeds....