Movies: Mantan Moreland

Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult....

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant has a job for Wild Bill Hickok (George Houston) and his sidekick (Al St. John)....

The story of the rise of boxer Joe Thomas, which paralleled the life of Joe Louis....

Mantan Moreland's comedy feature....

On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion in Morocco, Paul Dumont meets the beautiful Helene on the ship. A romance ensues, but the two decide to part when Paul learns that Helene is the fiancée ...

Young Brad Craig enters the military school with a chip on his shoulder which upperclassmen quickly knock off. Once adjusted, Craig falls in love with a professor's beautiful daughter, only to find she is in love with his roommate....

DJ Hal Jackson is the all-rhyming onstage host of this all-black musical....

Samson Brown is a lazy and shiftless husband who lets his wife, Hannah, support the family. He is constantly insulted and annoyed by his in-laws, who live with them, and finally takes off for points unknown. At home, life goes on as usual with the ex...

An all-black musical featuring the talent of funnyman Mantan Moreland....

Helen Fielding, heir to the fortunes of the late millionaire Roger Fielding, Sr., has broken off her relationship with the unscrupulous Lew Covey to pursue a romance with reporter Bill Summers. Covey, determined to get at Helen's inheritance, vows to...

In order to make some cash, buddies Mantan and Alex found the "Ghost Association," which will hold mock seances for the local residents. After studying the details of the locals' various deceased relatives, Alex insist that the reluctant Manta, who i...

A dancer in a girlie show plots revenge when a judge orders her show closed....

Two cut-rate private detectives are broke, hungry and down to their last nickel. They decide to hock their banjo in order to get some money for food, and while one partner is negotiating the deal, the other one falls asleep and dreams that a wealthy ...

A shy bookkeeper accidentally discovers that the company where he works is targeted in a series of late-night robberies....

While serving time in county prison, Wallingford sees a story in the newspaper that his cellmate, Schenectady, has inherited a mansionfrom his recently deceased uncle. Hearing this, Schenectady dreams of luxury....

Mantan Moreland's comedy feature....

Mantan takes a job as office boy at a new TV station and gets to watch several pre-recorded musical numbers....

A cowboy helps a pretty young woman find lost gold. Restored by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts....

When his father is accused of graft, a former boxer returns home to clear his name....

In this musical short, two night watchmen hear songs performed in a haunted pawn shop....