Merritt Gerstad
Series
Criterion collection volume 1167
Description
Explores the friendship between two struggling single mothers: one a working-class white woman who ascends to the top of the business world, and the other her Black housekeeper, whose life is shattered by the rejection of her rebellious, white-passing daughter. It is this latter relationship attuned to America's bitter racial realities and heartbreakingly enacted by trailblazing Black performers Beavers and Washington that lends the film its transcendent...
2) Conflict
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Description
When a man murders his nagging wife because his affections have turned to her far-more-pleasant younger sister, it appears he has executed the perfect crime--until a minor slip-up arouses the suspicions of a family friend.
3) Flying high
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Description
"The goofy inventor of an 'aerocopter' flying machine, who is compelled to prove the efficiency of his invention in a slapstick cross-country airmail delivery race."--Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.