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Murder on Lenox Avenue : Would You Please Sing for Us?

While Hattie(Mamie Smith) sings at Pa's(Gus Smith) birthday party, an uncomfortable exchange occurs.

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eyeline match, long shot, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, static camera, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman

"Would You Please Sing for Us?" in Murder on Lenox Avenue. Directed by Arthur Dreifuss, Colonnade Pictures Corporation, 1941, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3543

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Courtney Burnett

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