Amazing Grace
[Chicago, Illinois] : Olive Films, [2015]
Format: DVD
Description: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Grace Teasdale Grimes, a Baltimore, Maryland widow, discovers that the local mayoral election is a front for pilfering funds from their neighborhood by the incumbent mayor and his cronies. Stirred to activism, Grace, with the aid of her neighbors, rallies the community to thwart the self-serving politicians in this rollicking comedy.
Other Authors:
Lathan, Stan, film director, film producer.
Robinson, Matt, film producer, screenwriter.
Mabley, Moms, actor.
White, Slappy, actor.
Cash, Rosalind, actor.
Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, actor.
McQueen, Butterfly, actor.
Fetchit, Stepin, actor.
Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor, composer (expression)
United Artists Corporation, production company.
Olive Films, publisher.
Lathan, Stan, film director, film producer.
Robinson, Matt, film producer, screenwriter.
Mabley, Moms, actor.
White, Slappy, actor.
Cash, Rosalind, actor.
Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, actor.
McQueen, Butterfly, actor.
Fetchit, Stepin, actor.
Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor, composer (expression)
United Artists Corporation, production company.
Olive Films, publisher.
Subjects:
African American grandmothers -- Drama.
Political activists -- Drama.
Political campaigns -- Drama.
Mayors -- Election -- Drama.
Politicians -- Corrupt practices -- Drama.
Swindlers and swindling -- Drama.
Baltimore (Md.) -- Drama.
African American grandmothers -- Drama.
Political activists -- Drama.
Political campaigns -- Drama.
Mayors -- Election -- Drama.
Politicians -- Corrupt practices -- Drama.
Swindlers and swindling -- Drama.
Baltimore (Md.) -- Drama.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: G.
UPC: 887090088701
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD AF AM Amazing | Sandhills Indoors | DVD | In |
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Originally released as a motion picture in 1974.
Filmed on location in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Videorecording.
Directors of photography, Ed Brown, Sr., Sol Negrin ; editor, Paul L. Evans ; art direction, Robert Wightman ; music, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson.
Moms Mabley, Slappy White, Rosalind Cash, Moses Gunn, Butterfly McQueen, Stepin Fetchit.
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby digital 2.0.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1974.
Filmed on location in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Videorecording.
Directors of photography, Ed Brown, Sr., Sol Negrin ; editor, Paul L. Evans ; art direction, Robert Wightman ; music, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson.
Moms Mabley, Slappy White, Rosalind Cash, Moses Gunn, Butterfly McQueen, Stepin Fetchit.
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby digital 2.0.