- Title: V-1135
- Summary: DARK MANHATTAN: LOW-LEVEL GANGSTER DETERMINES TO LET NOTHING STAND IN THE WAY OF HIS GAINING CONTROL OF THE NUMBERS RACKETS IN HARLEM. ALL-BLACK CAST CRIME DRAMA GANGSTER FILM DIRECTED BY HARRY L. FRASER WITH RALPH COOPER, CLEO HERNDON, CLARENCE BROOKS, JESS LEE BROOKS, SAM MCDANIEL, CORNY ANDERSON, RUBELINE GLOVER, JAMES ADAMSON, EVERETT BROWN, JOE FLUELLEN, ROY GLENN, JACK LINCY, CLINTON ROSEMOND, NICK STEWART.
- Description:00:01:09 - ESTABLISHING SHOT EXTERIOR OF REAL ESTATE OFFICE DOOR "LARRY B. LEE" REAL ESTATE EXPERT. 00:01:16 - BLACK BUSINESS MEN IN A LARGE REAL ESTATE-BANKERS OFFICE. THE BOSS' SECRETARY WISHES THE MEN GOOD NIGHT. 00:02:22 - BUSINESS MAN OPENS HIS OFFICE LIQUOR CABINET AND OFFERS HIS BUSINESS PARTNER A DRINK. THE MEN DISCUSS CLIENT WHO HAS FALTERED ON A FINANCIAL LOAN ACCOUNT. 00:03:35 - POOL TABLE. PLAYERS BET ON A GAME OF POOL IN POOL HALL. 00:03:58 - GANGSTER BOSS LOOKS COOL AND HANGS BY THE BAR IN POOL HALL. THE MOB BOSS SMOKES A CIGAR, WEARS FEDORA. 00:04:31 - CAR PULLS UP IN FRONT OF POOL HALL, CHAUFFEUR OPENS THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AS TWO MEN STEP OUT ONTO THE SIDEWALK AT NIGHT. 00:04:50 - SUSPICIOUS LOOKING MAN LOITERS AROUND POOL HALL. THIEF MEANDERS UP TO THE SIDE OF A POOL TABLE AND POCKETS MONEY LEFT ON THE TABLE. 00:05:08 - THIEF IS APPROACHED FOR STEALING MONEY FROM A POOL TABLE IN A POOL HALL. A FIGHT ENSUES, ONE MAN PULLS SWITCHBLADE KNIFE ON HIS AGGRESSOR. POOL HALL BOUNCER BREAKS UP THE FIGHT AND KNOCKS OUT ONE MAN WITH PUNCH. 00:05:59 - TWO WELL DRESSED BUSINESS MEN GREET EACH OTHER. OWNER OF THE POOL HALL EJECTS A ROWDY PATRON BUM FROM ESTABLISHMENT. A GROUP OF ANGRY POOL HALL PATRONS LEAD THE MAN INTO THE BACK ALLEY. 00:06:50 - TWO BLACK MEN TALK BANKING BUSINESS IN A POOL HALL. 00:08:32 - BLACK POOL HALL PATRONS GATHER ROUND TO DISCUSS WORK OPPORTUNITY IN HARLEM. THE GANGSTER BOSS GIVES HIS BOYS A PEP TALK. THE GANG DECIDE TO "HAVE A PARTY", RALPH COOPER BREAKS OUT A FEW DANCE MOVES TO CELEBRATE. COOPER'S FEET AS THEY TAP. THE GANGSTERS STARTS CLAPPING, SINGING, DANCING. 00:10:48 - LARGE CLOCK ON THE WALL READING 8:00. 00:10:53 - INTERIOR OF A BUSY REAL ESTATE, BANKERS OFFICE IN HARLEM. THE ALL BLACK STAFF ARE BUSY AT WORK, WOMEN PICK AWAY AT TYPEWRITERS, ANSWER RINGING TELEPHONES ETC. MAN WALKS PROUDLY INTO OFFICE DRESSED IN AN ALL- WHITE TWO PIECE SUIT AND FEDORA TOP HAT. 00:12:22 - PROUD YOUNG MAN WALKS INTO THE BOSS'S OFFICE HIS FIRST DAY ON THE JOB. THE YOUNG MAN CALLS RECEPTIONIST SECRETARY "TOOTS" AS HE WALKS PAST HER. YOUNG WOMAN STARES. 00:12:34 - BOSS SORTS THROUGH MORNING MAIL AT HIS OFFICE DESK. CEO WELCOMES THE NEW EMPLOYEE INTO HIS OFFICE. MEN SIT TO DISCUSS BUSINESS. 00:13:28 - BOSS OFFERS HIS NEW EMPLOYEE A DRINK. OPENS UP HIS 1940s FASHIONED LIQUOR CABINET AND POURS MAN A DRINK. SHARE A TOAST, DRINK. 00:14:18 - BANKING BOSS BECKONS HIS SECRETARY TO COME INTO HIS OFFICE VIA THE TWO WAY SPEAKER ON HIS DESK. RECEPTIONIST PROMPTLY RESPONDS TO HER BOSS. 00:14:26 - TWO BUSINESS MEN SHARE A DRINK TOAST IN AN OFFICE. 00:14:40 - BANKER REAL ESTATE BOSS REQUESTS THAT HIS SECRETARY SHOW A NEW EMPLOYEE AROUND THE OFFICE TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS. WALKS AROUND THE OFFICE AND INFORMALLY SHAKES HANDS WITH FELLOW BANKERS, EMPLOYEES. 00:16:08 - THREE MEN STAND BY THE CURB AND WATCH AS A HIGH-CLASS YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMAN STEPS OUT OF HER CHAUFFEUR DRIVEN CAR. WEARS FUR STOLL AND GIGGLES AS SHE WALKS PAST MAN DRESSED IN A NEW FANCY WHITE SUIT. 00:17:09 - HIGH CLASS RICH SOCIALITE ENTERS BANK OFFICE FOR AN APPOINTMENT. WALKS INTO THE BOSS'S OFFICE AND MANNERS FOR OTHERS IN THE ROOM TO LEAVE. THE WOMAN SITS IN SEXY WAY ON THE EDGE OF THE BOSS'S DESK TO TALK. BEGS THE MAN TO GET SOME REST FROM WORKING SO HARD. THEY HOLD HANDS AS THE WOMAN HUGS THE MAN. OFFICE AFFAIR. 00:19:01 - BANK EMPLOYEES DISCUSS FINANCIAL REPORTS. DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES COMPLAIN ABOUT REQUESTS MADE UPON THEM BY THEIR NEW BOSS. 00:19:17 - NEW BOSS WORKS DILIGENTLY LOOKING OVER FINANCIAL REPORTS. THE FINANCIER REPRIMANDS DISTRICT MANAGER FOR POOR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. THE TWO MEN ARGUE. 00:21:03 - BOSS REQUESTS FAVOR FROM AN EMPLOYEE. RUNS OUT OF OFFICE LATE FOR AN APPONTMENT. OTHER EMPLOYEES TURN THEIR HEADS TO STARE AS THE MAN RUSHES OUT OF THE OFFICE. 00:21:44 - GANGSTER-BANKER RUNS ACROSS A STREET AND JUMPS INTO 1940s CAR PARKED BY THE CURB. SIRENS CAN BE HEARD. POLICE CRUISER PULLS UP BESIDE CAR AND AN OFFICER INTERROGATES THE DRIVER THE TWO BANTER BACK AND FOURTH AS IF THEY ARE FAMILIAR ENEMIES. ROUNTINE TRAFFIC STOP. 00:23:13 - INTERIOR "CLUB CONGO" 1940s NIGHT CLUB, LOUNGE SINGER STANDS BY WHITE STAGE PIANO IN REHEARSAL. WOMAN'S RIDE-DATE-CHAUFFEUR STANDS LIKE A GANGSTER AND FLICKS CIGARETTE TO THE FLOOR AS HE WAITS FOR THE WOMAN TO CHANGE. 00:23:44 - WEALTHY COUPLE DINE IN A FANCY RESTAURANT. MAN ORDERS SECOND BOTTLE OF WINE FOR HIMSELF AND HIS SEXY DATE COUPLE TOAST THEIR GLASSES TO GOOD HEALTH. MAN HOLDS HIS CHEST IN PAIN AFTER DRINK FROM A WINE GLASS, HEART ATTACK. 00:25:10 - SICK PATIENT LIES ON A COUCH WITH DOTING YOUNG WOMAN BY HIS SIDE. A DOCTOR MAKES A HOUSE CALL TO DISCUSS THE PATIENTS HEALTH. THE MAN WINCES IN PAIN AS HE HOLDS HIS CHEST. 00:25:55 - DILIGENT BANK MANANGER REVIEWS PILES OF PAPERWORK ON HIS DESK. THE MAN ANSWERS A TELEPHONE CALL. VO YOUNG WOMAN ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE COMMUNICATING BAD NEWS. THE MAN IS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE OVER THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE BANK. 00:26:59 - BANK MANAGER WALKS INTO A HIS BOSS'S SPACIOUS OFFICE AND OPENS THE BAR FOR A DRINK. 00:27:32 - YOUNG GANGSTER BANK MANAGER CONVERSES WITH HIS "BOYS", SECURITY GUARDS. THE BOYS PLEDGE THEIR LOYALTY TO THEIR "NEW" BOSS. 00:28:02 - OFFICE WORKERS GATHER AROUND THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT AND GOSSIP ABOUT CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT. EMPLOYEES DISCUSS CONCERN THAT THE BOSS IS AWAY. DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES GOSSIP. 00:28:50 - INTERIOR OF AN EMPTY GRUNGY DINER. LONE MAN STANDS BEHIND THE COUNTER AND COUNTS MONEY. SMALL GROUP OF GANGSTERS, MOBSTERS WANDER INTO THE DINER AND THREATEN THE STORE CLERK, RACKETEERING, EXTORTION. GANGSTERS PUNCH THE STORE CLERK AND PROCEED TO VANDALIZE HIS DINER. 00:30:26 - PAPER PRESS PRINTING OFF NEWSPAPER HEADLINES. HEALDINES READ "HARLEM CLEAN-UP" ETC. CRACKDOWN ON LOCAL GANGSTERS. 00:30:54 - MAN LYING IN BED ILL, READING NEWSPAPER HEADLINES. SECRETARY REVIEWS OFFICE NUMBERS WITH HIM. 00:31:56 - ALL-BLACK POLICE DEPARTMENT FORCE LISTEN TO THEIR SARGEANT READ ORDERS. THE SARGEANT READS STATMENT MADE BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO CRACK DOWN ON GANGSTER ACTIVITY IN HARLEM. 00:32:39 - BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEET TO DISCUSS COMPANY MATTERS. ANGRY BOARD MEMBER SLAMS HIS FIST IN FRUSTRATION ON THE CONFERENCE TABLE. 00:33:25 - DISTRAUGHT WOMAN PLEES WITH HUSBAND'S BUSINESS PARTNER TO PROTECT HER SICK HUSBAND FROM BAD NEWS THAT MIGHT CAUSE HIM FURTHER ILL HEALTH. THE WOMAN REPRIMANDS THE MAN FOR BEING CRUEL AND COLD HEARTED. MAN PATRONIZES THE WOMAN. INAPPROPRIATELY FLIRTS WITH THE WOMAN. 00:35:37 - INTERIOR OF A MENS BARBER SHOP. TWO STREET RIVALS BANTER BACK AND FOURTH FROM THEIR BARBER SHOP CHAIRS. 00:36:52 - BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEET TO DISCUSS COMPANY FINANCIAL MATTERS. THE ANGRY BOARD BICKERS ABOUT POOR BUSINESS PRACTICES. 00:39:33 - BOSS REPRIMANDS AN EMPLOYEE FOR POOR PERFORMANCE. YOUNG GANGSTER THREATENS TO EXTORT HIS BOSS, BLACKMAIL. THE BOSS IS THREATENED BY THE BULLYING AND REGRESSES. 00:42:00 - SINGLE BLACK STORE CLERK TENDS COUNTER IN HIS CONVENIENCE MAGAZINE SHOP. SMALL GROUP OF STREET THUGS GANGSTERS ENTER THE STORE AND THREATEN CLERK, RACKETEERING. THE CLERK WIPES HIS BROW IN RELIEF AS MOBSTERS LEAVE PEACEFULLY. 00:43:06 - GROUP OF BLACK BUSINESS MEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS DISCUSS ACCOUNTING PROBLEMS CONCERNING AN ABSENT BOARD MEMBER. BUSINESS MEETING. 00:43:39 - YOUNG GANGSTER DRESSES FOR EVENING OUT IN TUXEDO AND TOP HAT. HELPED BY AN ASSISTANT. DISCUSSGIFT OF FLOWERS SENT TO A WOMAN. 00:44:52 - INTERIOR "CONGO CLUB". 1940s NIGHT CLUB, LOUNGE SINGER PERFORMS ON STAGE. MEN IN TUXEDOS ARRIVE TO ENJOY THE PERFORMANCE AND ARE SEATED AT A TABLE UP FRONT OF STAGE. 00:45:21 - LOUNGE SINGER PERFORMS FOR APPLAUDING CROWD AT 1940s NIGHT CLUB. LIP SYNC OUT OF SYNC. PERFORMER SINGS SLOW ROMANTIC TUNE. COUPLES IN AUDIENCE HOLD HANDS. 00:47:29 - TABLE OF YOUNG GANGSTERS ORDER CHAMPAGNE AT NIGHT CLUB TABLE. THE GANGSTER "BOSS" BECKONS WAITER AND SENDS A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE TO BEAUTUFUL LOUNGE SINGER BACK STAGE. 00:47:51 - LOUNGE PERFORMER PRIMPS BACKSTAGE AFTER A NIGHT CLUB PERFORMANCE. SLIPS ON A SATIN ROBE WHILE HER MAID- SERVANT ANSWERS A KNOCK AT THE DRESSING ROOM DOOR. 00:48:11 - WAITER ENTERS THE LOUNGE PERFORMERS DRESSING ROOM TO ASK FOR HER PRESENCE AT A CLIENT'S TABLE. SINGER CONTEMPLATES THE IDEA BEFORE AGREEING. 00:49:15 - TABLE OF YOUNG BLACK MEN STAND TO GREET BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN AS SHE JOINS THEM AT THEIR TABLE. 00:49:28 - YOUNG GOOD-LOOKING COUPLE SOCIALIZE TOGETHER AT NIGHT CLUB TABLE. MAN FLIRTS WITH THE LOUNGE SINGER AS HIS MALE FRINEDS LOOK ON AND ROLL THEIR EYES. BIG SPENDERS ORDER A HALF DOZEN BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE IN CELEBRATION. 00:50:59 - DILIGENT BANK MANAGER SCOURS RECORDS OF PAPERWORK. 00:51:15 - YOUNG GANGSTER CARRIES ON TWO WAY PHONE CONVERSATION. BUSINESS MAN ORGANIZES A DINNER DATE. 00:51:44 - ANGRY SMALL TIME GANGSTERS RACKATEERS DISCUSS BUSINESS PARTNER OVER SPENDING ON ACCOUNTS. 00:52:45 - FANCY NEW 1940s CONVERTIBLE PULLING UP TO CURB. RICH YOUNG BEAUTUFUL COUPLE ENJOY THE RIDE AND EACH OTHERS COMPANY. THE MAN WRAPS HIS ARM AROUND HIS DATE. 00:54:01 - BANK MANAGER SPEAKS AT A BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. ATTEMPTS TO DISPELL MYTHS OF ILLEGAL BUSINESS AND RACKETEERING. THE SLIMY BUSINESS MAN INSULTS BOARD MEMBERS. 00:55:35 - TABLE OF YOUNG GANGSTERS DISCUSS PROBLEMS AND REVENGE IN THE UNDERGROUND MOB RACKETEERING BUSINESS. 00:56:38 - YOUNG SLICK GANGSTER LIGHTS A CIGAR AS HE LOOKS THROUGH SLIT BLINDS IN HIS OFFICE. SHARP SHADOWS ARE CAST ACROSS THE GANGSTERS SUIT. 00:56:55 - TWO RIVAL GANGSTERS DISCUSS BUSINESS "PROPOSITIONS" IN A BANKERS OFFICE. THE TWO MEN PATRONIZE ONE ANOTHER. 00:58:35 - 1940s TELEPHONE OPERATOR PLUGS AND PATCHES TELEPHONE LINES. THE URGENT OPERATOR HURRIES TO CONNECT PARTIES. 00:59:04 - POLICE OFFICERS BOOK A STREET GANGSTER AT THE STATION. THE POLICE SARGEANT TRIES TO CALM AN ANGERED CRIMINAL. A GROUP OF OFFICERS SURROUND THE CRIMINAL AS HE YELLS. 01:00:06 - SMALL TIME CROOK TALKS ON PAY PHONE AT POLICE STATION. 01:00:23 - POLICE SARGEANT HOLDS A CRIMINAL IN HIS OFFICE AS HE WRITES UP A REPORT. THE OFFICER WARNS AGAINST CRIME. 01:01:19 - TWO SMALL TIME GANGSTERS TALK ABOUT THE TAKE DOWN OF RIVAL STREET THUG. A NOSEY WOMAN OVER HEARS THROUGH DOOR, THE GANGSTERS TALKING, AND RUNS TO WARN THE TARGET OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. 01:01:38 - STREET THUG SITS INSIDE A BLACK CAR AND STAKES OUT OFFICE BUILDING. THE GANGSTER HANDS A HAND GUN TO HIS PARTNER SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR. PAIR PREPARE TO ASSASSINATE THEIR GANG RIVAL AS HE WALKS DOWN THE STREEET. 01:01:52 - BARREL OF A HAND GUN AS IT PEERS OUT FROM BEHIND BLANKET COVERED BACK SEAT WINDOW. ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. 01:01:56 - TWO FRIENDLY MEN BUMP INTO EACH OTHER ON A STREET CORNER. ONE MAN ASKS TO BORROW MONEY. THE MEN WALK TO A PARKED CAR. 01:02:50 - BARREL OF A HAND GUN PEERS FROM BEHIND A BLANKET COVERED CAR WINDOW. THE GUN SHOOTS A BULLET AT IT'S TARGET IN AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. POLICE SIRENS CAN BE HEARD IN THE BG AS THE VICTIM DRIVS AWAY. 01:03:04 - CARS RACE THROUGH CITY STREETS AT NIGHT. INVOLVED IN POLICE CHASE. 01:03:52 - WANTED CRIMINAL HIDES IN THE DOORWAY OF A CHURCH AS POLICE CAR SIRENS WAIL BY. THE CRIMINAL HOLDS A HAND GUN AS UNSUSPECTING PARISHONERS SING HYMNS. 01:04:11 - CRIMINAL-WANTED MAN HIDES OUT IN HIS APARTMENT. GANGSTERS GIRLFRIEND CRIES WITH WORRY. DOORBELL RINGS AND EVERYONE FREEZES. 01:05:37 - ANGRY YOUNG GANGSTER THREATENS REVENGE ON RIVAL MOBSTERS. THE GANGSTER GRABS GUNS FROM HIS DRESSER DRAWER AND PREPARES FOR A SHOOT OUT. THE GANGSTER'S GIRLFRIEND BEGS HIM NOT TO LEAVE. THE GANGSTER PUSHES HIS GRILFRIEND OUT OF HIS WAY AS HE PREPARES TO LEAVE. 01:06:14 - POLICE SARGEANT RECEIVES AN URGENT CALL. CALLS HIS OFFICERS TO DUTY TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCY. SIRENS WAIL AS POLICE CARS DRIVE OUT OF THE STATION ON THEIR WAY TO A CALL. 01:06:50 - SMALL TIME GANGSTERS PREPARE FOR A SHOOT OUT WITH A RIVAL GANGSTER. MOBSTERS HOLD HAND GUNS. MONTAGE OF HANDS POINTING HAND GUNS. 01:07:08 - ANGRY GANGSTER RIPS CURTAINS FROM THE WALL, CEILING AND INITIATES A GUN BATTLE WITH RIVAL GANG MEMBERS IN THEIR CLUB HOUSE. SHOTS ARE FIRED FROM SMOKING GUNS. CUT TO 1940s POLICE CARS AND POLICE BIKES RACING THROUGH CITY STREETS AT NIGHT. 01:07:27 - CRAZY GANGSTER SHOOTS TWO PISTOLS WILDLY OFF HIS HIPS AS HE STANDS IN THE OPEN AND TRIES TO TAKE DOWN RIVAL GANGSTERS HIDING BEHIND CURTAINS. GANGSTER GETS SHOT IN THE CHES AND FALLS TO THE GROUND UNDER HEAVY FIRE. MOBSTER SHOOT OUT. GANG LAND WAR. 01:07:40 - TEAM OF POLICE OFFICERS RUSH INTO A CRIME SCENE AFTER GUN BATTLE. A POLICE OFFICER STANDS OVER WOUNDED GANGSTER LYING ON THE FLOOR. A GANGSTER GIRLFRIEND RUSHES TO THE SHOOTING VICTIMS SIDE. WOMAN LOVINGLY HOLDS HIM IN HER ARMS AS BLOOD RUNS FROM THE CORNER OF HIS MOUTH. THE WOMAN SINGS AS THE AN CLOSES HIS EYES TO DIE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1937
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: V-1135