The Black Network (1936)

  • NR
  • 04/04/1936 (US)
  • Music
  • 20m

Overview

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.

Roy Mack

Director

Cast

Nina Mae McKinney's headshot

Nina Mae McKinney

Nina Mae - Radio Singer
Emmett 'Babe' Wallace's headshot

Emmett 'Babe' Wallace

Babe
Amanda Randolph's headshot

Amanda Randolph

Mezzanine Johnson
Bill 'Basement' Brown's headshot

Bill 'Basement' Brown

Brutus Johnson
Fayard Nicholas's headshot

Fayard Nicholas

Dancer (uncredited)
Harold Nicholas's headshot

Harold Nicholas

Dancer (uncredited)

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