The Black Network (1936)
The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers. Since his wife's father put up the money to be the sponsor, she insists on singing on the show. She goes on after the main star, singer Nina Mae McKinney. The wife sings so badly that the sponsor's customers abandon him. He is forced to shine shoes on street corners, while Nina Mae and her boyfriend win a bet on a daily number and end up on easy street.
Casting
- Nina Mae McKinney — Nina Mae - Radio Singer
- Emmett 'Babe' Wallace — Babe
- Amanda Randolph — Mezzanine Johnson
- Bill 'Basement' Brown — Brutus Johnson
- Fayard Nicholas — Dancer (uncredited)
- Harold Nicholas — Dancer (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Black Network is a 1936 American musical short directed by Roy Mack and released by Vitaphone.
Production
The Black Network went into production at the Brooklyn Vitaphone studios during December 1935, starting on December 7. Nina Mae McKinney and The Nicholas Brothers were announced as the film's stars; they had previously worked together in the 1932 Roy Mack film Pie Pie Blackbird. The film, which was created as part of the "Broadway Brevity" series, adapted a script written by A. Dorian Otvos and special songs were credited to Cliff Hess.
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