July Jones was an actor who had leading roles in several American films with African American casts.

Filmography

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Beale Street Mama Beale Street Mama is a 1923 popular song by J. Russell Robinson and Roy Turk and a 1946 film with an African-American cast named for the song. An early jazz standard, the song was recorded by Bessie Smith, Ted Lewis (musician), Ted Lewis, Fletche ...

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Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. ''Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.'' is a 1946 race film directed by Spencer Williams and produced and distributed by Sack Amusement Enterprises. This film is in the public domain. Plot Gertie LaRue ( Francine Everett) is a nightclub entertainer ...

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The Girl in Room 20 ''The Girl in Room 20'' is a 1949 movie directed by and starring Spencer Williams. The story features Daisy Mae Walker, an aspiring singer from a small town in Texas, who comes to New York City to pursue a show business career, only to fall prey t ...

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References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people African-American male actors 20th-century American male actors 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people {{US-film-actor-stub