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Clarence Muse is a Actor, Scriptwriter, Original Music Composer and Additional Dialogue American born on 13 october 1889 at Baltimore (USA)

Clarence Muse

Clarence Muse
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Nationality USA
Birth 13 october 1889 at Baltimore (USA)
Death 13 october 1979 (at 89 years) at Perris (USA)

Clarence Muse (October 14, 1889 – October 13, 1979) was an actor, screenwriter, director, composer, and lawyer. He was inducted in the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1973. Muse was the first African American to "star" in a film. He acted for more than sixty years, and appeared in more than 150 movies.

Biography

Clarence Muse fut le premier Afro-Américain à tenir des rôles de premier plan au cinéma. Sa carrière s'étale sur plus de soixante ans et plus de 150 films.

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The Black Stallion (1979)
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Filmography of Clarence Muse (119 films)

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The Black Stallion, 1h54
Directed by Carroll Ballard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film
Actors Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Hoyt Axton, Clarence Muse, Michael Higgins
Roles Snoe
Rating73% 3.695313.695313.695313.695313.69531
Alec Ramsey is aboard the steamer Drake off the coast of North Africa, where he sees a wild black stallion being forced into a makeshift stable and heavily restrained by ropes leading to his halter. Captivated by the horse, Alec later sneaks to the horse to feed him some sugar cubes, but he is caught by the horse's supposed owner, who tells him in Arabic to stay away from Shetan and shoves the boy away.
Car Wash
Car Wash (1976)
, 1h37
Directed by Michael Schultz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Franklyn Ajaye, Bill Duke, George Carlin, Irwin Corey, Ivan Dixon, Antonio Fargas
Roles Snapper
Rating61% 3.098733.098733.098733.098733.09873
Le film conte une journée ordinaire dans une station de lavage manuelle de Los Angeles. On trouve le patron américain type (Sully Boyar) affublé de son fils maoïste, les laveurs de voiture, petites gens venus de tous les horizons (Jack Kehoe, Pepe Serna, Henry Kingi, Clarence Muse), et les divers clients (Lorraine Gary, Richard Pryor, Irwin Corey), tous sont plus farfelus les uns que les autres : le rebelle prônant la suprématie noire (Bill Duke), l’ancien détenu, l'obèse surnommé Hippo, les jeunes écervelés, l’homosexuel (Antonio Fargas), le bookmaker, les danseurs qui croient qu'Hollywood les attend, l’amoureux transi (Franklyn Ajaye), qui rêve de devenir un super-héros, mais qui n'arrive pas à séduire la serveuse du restaurant d'en face (Tracy Reed).
The World's Greatest Athlete, 1h33
Directed by Robert Scheerer, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Athletics films, Children's films
Actors John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Tim Conway, Dayle Haddon, Jan-Michael Vincent, Billy De Wolfe
Roles Gazenga's Assistant
Rating56% 2.8005352.8005352.8005352.8005352.800535
In a series of establishing shots, Sam Archer (Amos) and his assistant Milo Jackson (Conway) are depicted as coaches at the fictitious Merrivale College; their teams invariably lose. A series of plot coincidences sends the pair to Africa, where they catch sight with their Safari guide Morumba (Don Pedro Colley) of the Tarzan-like Nanu, who can outrun a cheetah in full bound.
Buck and the Preacher, 1h42
Directed by Sidney Poitier, Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte, Cameron Mitchell, Denny Miller, Nita Talbot
Roles Cudjo
Rating65% 3.295253.295253.295253.295253.29525
Buck and the Preacher opens with a deep rhythm and blues soundtrack reminiscent of a John Wayne Western that was given deep soul and harmony from the 1970s. The camera switches scenes to a camp of African-Americans who have been just freed from slavery and are heading West for a better life. A band of men on horseback terrorize the camp by burning wagons and tents and killing men, women and children. The leader of these white bandits, DeShay (Cameron Mitchell), is wearing an old cavalry jacket hinting at his military past.
Porgy and Bess, 2h18
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas
Actors Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters
Roles Peter
Rating69% 3.492983.492983.492983.492983.49298
Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully. While high on cocaine supplied by Sportin' Life, Crown kills Robbins after the latter vanquishes him in a craps game; Bess urges Crown to flee. Sportin' Life suggests she accompany him to New York City, an offer Bess declines. She seeks refuge with her neighbors, all of whom refuse to help her. Porgy finally agrees to let her stay with him.
She Couldn't Say No, 1h29
Directed by Lloyd Bacon, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Arthur Hunnicutt, Edgar Buchanan, Wallace Ford, Raymond Walburn
Roles Diaper Delivery Man
Rating58% 2.900572.900572.900572.900572.90057
Wealthy Corby Lane (Jean Simmons) visits the small American hamlet of Progress, Arkansas, whose residents had paid for a critical medical operation for her when she was a child. She decides to express her gratitude by giving them money anonymously. The headstrong woman clashes with the local doctor, Robert Sellers (Robert Mitchum), who foresees the resulting chaos.
The Sun Shines Bright, 1h30
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Western
Actors Charles Winninger, John Russell, Arleen Whelan, Russell Simpson, Stepin Fetchit, Francis Ford
Roles Uncle Zack
Rating68% 3.4419053.4419053.4419053.4419053.441905
Sur fond de campagne électorale en 1905 dans une petite ville du Kentucky, des hommes se déchirent pour une femme. Alcoolique notoire, le juge Priest se représente aux élections locales. Prenant la défense d'un jeune Noir accusé injustement d'un viol d’une Blanche et participe aux obsèques d’une prostituée notoire, ce qui lui vaut le respect des uns et l’hostilité des autres. De vieux secrets de familles resurgissent...
Jamaica Run, 1h32
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films
Actors Ray Milland, Arlene Dahl, Wendell Corey, Kasey Rogers, Clarence Muse, Murray Matheson
Roles Mose
Rating57% 2.861152.861152.861152.861152.86115
Pat Fairlie is out of the Navy now and travels to Jamaica to renew acquaintance with Ena Dacey, an old flame. Ena lives on a stately sugar plantation with her brother, Todd, and their mother.
Caribbean
Caribbean (1952)
, 1h37
Directed by Edward Ludwig
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors John Payne, Arlene Dahl, Cedric Hardwicke, Clarence Muse, Francis L. Sullivan, Willard Parker
Roles Quashy
Rating58% 2.9069952.9069952.9069952.9069952.906995
In 1728, Dick Lindsay is taken prisoner by Captain Barclay and incarcerated aboard the Black Panther, his pirate ship. Also on board against his will is Robert MacAllister, nephew of Barclay's arch-nemesis, Andrew MacAllister.
The Las Vegas Story, 1h28
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Jane Russell, Victor Mature, Vincent Price, Hoagy Carmichael, Gordon Oliver, Brad Dexter
Roles Train Porter (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.145113.145113.145113.145113.14511
Happy (Hoagy Carmichael), as the piano player at the Last Chance casino in Las Vegas, wonders what split up Linda Rollins (Jane Russell) and Dave Andrews (Victor Mature). Dave went off to fight in the South Pacific, but when he returned, Linda was gone. Happy soon finds out.
Apache Drums, 1h15
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Willard Parker, Arthur Shields, James Griffith, Armando Silvestre
Roles Jehu
Rating64% 3.243423.243423.243423.243423.24342
A notorious gambler is thrown out of a small town named Spanish Boot, but he quickly returns when he discovers the town is threatened by the Mescalero Apaches led by Chief Victorio.
My Forbidden Past, 1h21
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Lucile Watson, Janis Carter, Gordon Oliver
Roles Pompey
Rating60% 3.047883.047883.047883.047883.04788
In 1890s New Orleans, wrongly believing Barbara Beaurevelle (Gardner) had stood him up on the eve of their elopement, Dr. Mark Lucas (Mitchum) has returned from South Africa accompanied by Corinne (Janis Carter), a woman he married on the rebound. Determined to win him back, Barbara bribes her cousin (Melvyn Douglas) to break up the marriage, a cold-blooded scheme that ends in death and the doctor suspected of murder.
Riding High, 1h52
Directed by Frank Capra, George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Musical films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film, Sport hippique
Actors Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray, Charles Bickford, William Demarest, Frances Gifford, James Gleason
Roles Whitey
Rating61% 3.0975053.0975053.0975053.0975053.097505
Yale grad Dan Brooks is expected to marry wealthy boss J.L. Higgins' daughter Margaret and join the family box-making business. He is far more interested in racing a horse he owns, Broadway Bill.
The Great Dan Patch, 1h34
Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, Gail Russell, Ruth Warrick, Charlotte Greenwood, Henry Hull, John Hoyt
Roles Voodoo
Rating58% 2.902462.902462.902462.902462.90246
In the last decade of the 19th century, chemist David Palmer returns to Oxford, Indiana, after living in Chicago for a few years. The return is brought on by his upcoming marriage to school teacher Ruth Treadwell.