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Título original: Don't Play Us Cheap. Sinopsis: Versión cinematográfica del musical de Broadway de Melvin Van Peebles. Un par de demonios-murciélagos toman forma humana y se cuelan en una fiesta en una casa de Harlem en un intento de disolverla. ...
11 de dic. de 1972 · Don't Play Us Cheap: Directed by Melvin Van Peebles. With Thomas Anderson, Jay Van Leer, Robert Dunn, Mabel King. As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two imps take human form in order to break up the party.
Don't Play Us Cheap is a 1973 American musical comedy film based on the 1970 musical of the same name. The musical was written, produced, scored, edited and directed by Melvin Van Peebles. Both the original stage musical and the film adaptation are based on Van Peebles' 1967 French-language novel La fête à Harlem (1967).
The first Black-directed movie musical of the modern film era, Melvin Van Peebles’s drama illuminates the cultural and political concerns of working-class Black people with delight and fancy.
Don't Play Us Cheap is a musical play with music, lyrics, and a musical book by Melvin Van Peebles. The musical is based on Van Peebles' 1967 French-language novel La fête à Harlem (1967). Set in Harlem, the musical premiered in November 1970 at San Francisco State College.
Year: 1972. Original title: Don't Play Us Cheap. Synopsis: Film version of Melvin Van Peebles' Broadway musical. A pair of devil-bats take human form and crash a Harlem house party in an attempt to break it up.
As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break up the party.
