{"product_id":"harlem-double-feature-souls-of-sin-1949-murder-on-lennox-avenue-1941","title":"Harlem Double Feature: Souls of Sin (1949) \/ Murder On Lennox Avenue (1941)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouls of Sin\u003c\/i\u003e (1949, B\u0026amp;W): \u003c\/b\u003eIn Harlem, temptation lurks around every corner. Hard luck gambler \"Dollar Bill\" Burton hates his squalid existence sharing a run-down basement apartment with a struggling writer and a penniless blues guitarist from Alabama. All three men dream of success in the Big Apple, but only Dollar Bill is desperate enough to stoop to crime to achieve it. Dealing cocaine for gangster Bad Boy George could be Bill's ticket out of Harlem - or it could be a one-way boarding pass to hell.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouls of Sin\u003c\/i\u003e (1949) is a poignant and literate portrait of a black man at a moral crossroads. The sobering subject matter is served with an enjoyable side course of music and comedy. This mixture was a tradition in many all-black productions of the 1930s and 40s, and makes for compelling viewing today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarring Jimmy Wright, Savannah Churchill, Emory Richardson, William Greaves; Directed by Powell Lindsay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurder on Lenox Ave.\u003c\/i\u003e (1941, B\u0026amp;W): \u003c\/b\u003eThe crowded rooms of Harlem tenement buildings become crucibles of populist politics and powerful passions. Crooked businessman Leon Marshall runs the local Better Business League as his personal fiefdom, enriching himself at the expense of the poor. He faces a challenge from Pa Williams, a respected patriarch in the community. Marshall and his hunchback henchman Lomax are determined to end Williams' political life - not with ballots, but with bullets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter finishing work on \u003ci\u003eMurder on Lennox Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e, director Arthur Dreifuss moved to PRC studios, where he made \u003ci\u003eThe Payoff\u003c\/i\u003e (1942), \u003ci\u003eBoss of Big Town\u003c\/i\u003e (1942) and \u003ci\u003eBaby Face Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e (1942).  He directed a pair of popular Boston Blackie pictures for Columbia in 1945.  He is best remembered today for a late-in-career \"classic,\" \u003ci\u003eRiot on Sunset Strip\u003c\/i\u003e (1967). Beautiful Edna Mae Harris and bluesy Mamie Smith contribute some fine vocal performances to this inspirational piece of all-black cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarring Mamie Smith, Edna Mae Harris, Augustus Smith, Norman Astwood; Directed by Arthur Dreifuss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":45802794385558,"sku":"089218569998","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/9621\/5446\/files\/089218569998.jpg?v=1762204769","url":"https:\/\/moviezyng.com\/products\/harlem-double-feature-souls-of-sin-1949-murder-on-lennox-avenue-1941","provider":"Movie Zyng","version":"1.0","type":"link"}