EJ Panaligan | Variety Emmy-winning actress Mary Alice, known for her roles as Leticia “Lettie” Bostic on NBC‘s “A Different World” and as Effie Williams in the 1976 musical drama “Sparkle,” died Wednesday in New York City, according to the NYPD. Her birth year had...
By Sergio | Shadow and Act Over the past few years, the Venice Film Festival, which celebrates its 72nd anniversary in September, has presented newly restored versions of classic films in the Classics section at the festival. Yesterday their list of restored films to...
Director: Matty Rich Writer(s): Trey Ellis, Paris Qualles Starring: Larenz Tate, Joe Morton, Suzzanne Douglas, Glynn Turman, Vanessa Bell Calloway, A.J. Johnson, Morris Chestnut, Jada Pinkett Smith, Duane Martin, Mary Alice, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Markus Redmond,...
https://youtu.be/dGDIOhZMmzo Director: Clint Eastwood Writer(s): John Lee Hancock Starring: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern, T.J. Lowther, Keith Szarabajka, Leo Burmester, Paul Hewitt, Bradley Whitford, Ray McKinnon, Jennifer Griffin, Leslie Flowers, Belinda...
https://youtu.be/DQfxCSZOCXk Director: Carl Franklin Writer(s): Paul Aaron (story), Michael Henry Brown (story & screenplay) Starring: Mary Alice, John Beasley, Ulysses Zakery, Eve Black, Jay Brooks, Edna Duncan, Tony Brubaker, Gary Groomes, Juanita Jennings,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNMWdwvZjsw Director: Spike Lee Writer(s): Alex Haley and Malcolm X (book), Arnold Perl and Spike Lee (screenplay) Starring: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Kate...
https://youtu.be/wMFEWf28yEM Director: Penny Marshall Writer(s): Oliver Sacks, Steven Zaillian Starring: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, Penelope Ann Miller, Alice Drummond, Judith Malina, Barton Heyman, George Martin, Anne...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5PWGIb6vhc Director: Charles Burnett Writer(s): Charles Burnett Starring: Paul Butler, DeVaughn Nixon, Mary Alice, Reina King, Cory Curtis, Richard Brooks, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Carl Lumbly, Vonetta McGee, Paula Bellamy, Danny Glover,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed9EmS_pgpQ Director: Donna Deitch Writer(s): Karen Hall, Gloria Naylor Starring: Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens, Moses Gunn, Jackée Harry, Paula Kelly, Leon, Lonette McKee, Barbara Montgomery, Phyllis Yvonne...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doz-iEIOfpw Director: Robert Ellis Miller Writer(s): Melvin Van Peebles Starring: Cicely Tyson, Robert Hooks, Beah Richards, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Minnie Gentry, Edward Binns, Kevin Hooks, Eric Hooks, Sonny Jim Gaines, Mary Alice, Tia...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DS30tz_ifk Director: Sam O'Steen Writer(s): Joel Schumacher, Howard Rosenman Starring: Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith, Mary Alice, Dorian Harewood, Tony King, Beatrice Winde, Paul Lambert, Joyce Easton,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8qlZmJPgYQ Director: Ivan Dixon Writer(s): Phillip Hayes Dean (play) Starring: Mary Alice, Scatman Crothers, Maidie Norman, Richard Ward Synopsis: Originally produced in 1971 by the estimable Negro Ensemble Company, and hailed by Time...