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Hallelujah is a american film of genre Drama directed by King Vidor released in USA on 20 august 1929 with Nina Mae McKinney

Hallelujah (1929)

Hallelujah
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Released in USA 20 august 1929
Length 1h49
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Musical
Rating66% 3.3468553.3468553.3468553.3468553.346855

Hallelujah is a 1929 American Pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical directed by King Vidor, and starring Daniel L. Haynes and Nina Mae McKinney.

Filmed in Tennessee and Arkansas and chronicling the troubled quest of a sharecropper, Zeke Johnson (Haynes), and his relationship with the seductive Chick (McKinney), Hallelujah was one of the first all-black films by a major studio. It was intended for a general audience and was considered so risky a venture by MGM that they required King Vidor to invest his own salary in the production. Vidor expressed an interest in "showing the Southern Negro as he is" and attempted to present a relatively non-stereotyped view of African-American life.

Hallelujah was King Vidor's first sound film, and combined sound recorded on location and sound recorded post-production in Hollywood. King Vidor was nominated for a Best Director Oscar for the film.

In 2008, Hallelujah was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

Synopsis

Sharecroppers Zeke and Spunk Johnson sell their part of the cotton crop for $100. Cheated out of the money by Zeke's girlfriend Chick (16-year-old Nina Mae McKinney), in collusion with her gambling-hustler friends, Spunk is murdered in the ensuing brawl. Zeke runs away and reforms his life, becoming a minister.

Actors

Nina Mae McKinney

(Chick)Daniel L. Haynes

(Zeke)Stymie Beard

(Enfant)Clarence Muse

(Church Member (uncredited))Sam McDaniel

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