Stepin Fetchit Movies

The Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast against type, Belle Bennett plays a wronged...

An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his wealthy southern family.

The study of crazy brilliance and flamboyant sincerity. a.k.a. Cassius Clay presents a fascinating look at the incredible life and achievements of...

During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory when Will Connelly marries a Yankee farm girl,...

A widow tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the...

Private eye searches for a missing football quarterback in Chicago.

Dimples Appleby lives with her pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains the crowds while he works his racket. A rich...

A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake,...

Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great...

A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case.

Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in New York hoping to take Lila back home with him to...

The gang creates a huge mess after they get into a taffy-pulling contest.

A crooked real estate tycoon tricks a trusting young woman out of her small candy store. When he is found dead, the girl is suspected of the crime.

An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.

French language version of A TOUGH WINTER with a new cast.

Two nuns travel across Chicago asking people the question, "Are you happy?"

Soundie featuring Mable Lee and Stephin Fetchit.

Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jack Dempsey played the role of the fighter, Tiger:...

In a small town in the South, Jim Preston resents his stepfather, Judge Calhoun Davis, in spite of everything the judge has done to be a father him....

This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's...