Aleluya (1929)
Los negros trabajan y sufren día a día en las plantaciones de algodón. Pero rezan a todas horas y eso les consuela de su desdichada vida. Cuando Zeke pierde a los dados todo el dinero de su familia, su hermano Spunk decide reclamar y se inicia una pelea que le cuesta la vida. Zeke, arrepentido, se convierte en predicador para llevar a los suyos la esperanza y la resignación. Pero la mujer que le estafó aún le causará más problemas.
Directora:
King Vidor
Escritor:
Wanda Tuchock
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Daniel L. Haynes as Zeke |
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Nina Mae McKinney as Chick |
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William Fountaine as Hot Shot |
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Harry Gray as Pappy "Parson" Johnson |
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Fanny Belle DeKnight as Mammy |
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Everett McGarrity as Spunk |
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Victoria Spivey as Missy Rose |
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Milton Dickerson as Johnson Kid |
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Robert Couch as Johnson Kid |
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Walter Tait as Johnson Kid |
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Matthew Beard as Child (uncredited) |
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Clarence Muse as Church Member (uncredited) |
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Sam McDaniel as Adam (uncredited) |
| Directing | King Vidor | Director |
| Writing | Ransom Rideout | Dialogue |
| Writing | Wanda Tuchock | Scenario Writer |
| Crew | Richard Schayer | treatment |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henrietta Frazer | Costume Design |
| Editing | Anton Stevenson | Editor |
| Camera | Gordon Avil | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hugh Wynn | Editor |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Sound | Irving Berlin | Songs |
| Production | Irving Thalberg | Producer |
| Writing | King Vidor | Story |
| Writing | Wanda Tuchock | Screenplay |