Hallelujah!
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Hallelujah! is a groundbreaking 1929 American film, directed by King Vidor, notable as one of the first major studio productions to feature an all-Black cast and extensive use of sound and music.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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black-and-white film ⓘ film ⓘ sound film ⓘ |
| blackCast | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gordon Avil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | King Vidor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Hugh Wynn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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musical film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Daniel L. Haynes
NERFINISHED
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Everett McGarrity NERFINISHED ⓘ Fanny Belle DeKnight NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ Juano Hernández NERFINISHED ⓘ Nina Mae McKinney NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria Spivey NERFINISHED ⓘ William Fountaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSong |
"Hallelujah"
NERFINISHED
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"Waiting at the End of the Road" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | milestone in African American representation in Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Chick
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Mami NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy |
David Mendoza
NERFINISHED
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William Axt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
redemption
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religion ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early use of synchronized sound and music in feature films
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one of the first major studio films with an all-Black cast ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | African American sharecropper life in the South ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| productionMethod | partly shot on location in the American South ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | black-and-white 35 mm film ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 95 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Bradbury Foote
NERFINISHED
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J. Walter Ruben NERFINISHED ⓘ King Vidor NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrence Stallings NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | rural American South ⓘ |
| soundFeature | extensive use of spirituals and gospel-influenced music ⓘ |
| studioEra | early sound era ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
King Vidor