Boardinghouse Blues (1948) | Moms Mabley Dusty Fletcher All-Black Cast

Boarding House Blues is a 1948 American race film directed by Josh Binney. It was the penultimate feature film of All-American News, a company that made newsreels for black Americans.
When Mom's boarding house is threatened with closure and eviction of the tenants due to non-payments, Mom's tenants get together to put on a show to raise the money needed to save Mom and their home.
Moms Mabley as Moms
Dusty Fletcher as Dusty
Marcellus Wilson as Jerry
Marie Cooke as Lila Foster
Augustus Smith as Norman Norman
John D. Lee Jr. as Stanley
Emory Richardson as Simon
Harold Cromer as Moofty
Sidney Easton as Boo Boo
Freddie Robinson as Freddie
John Mason as Boarders (with "company")
John Riano as Steggy (the ape)
Lucky Millinder as Himself (bandleader)
Una Mae Carlisle as Herself (singer)
Bull Moose Jackson as Himself (singer)
Warren Berry as One of Berry Brothers
Nyas Berry as One of Berry Brothers
Anistine Allen as Herself (singer)
Paul Breckenridge as Himself (singer)
Eddie Hartman as Stumpy
Lee Norman as Themselves
'Crip' Heard as Himself (one-legged dancer)
Edgar Martin as Joe
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