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Stompin' at the Savoy (1992) (TV)
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Beverly M. Sawyer (written by)
Release Date:
12 April 1992 (USA)
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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.
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Scenes (Songs) We Love: Ain't Nobody From 'Breakin'
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4 African American women struggle to make 1930's Harlem their home.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Lynn Whitfield | ... | Esther |
 | Vanessa Williams | ... | Pauline |
 | Jasmine Guy | ... | Alice |
 | Mario Van Peebles | ... | Walter |
| Vanessa Bell Calloway | ... | Dorothy |
| Michael Warren | ... | Calvin |
| Darnell Williams | ... | Ernest |
| John D'Aquino | ... | Bill |
 | Debbie Allen | ... | Estelle |
| Dawnn Lewis | ... | Ella Fitzgerald |
| Lacy Darryl Phillips | ... | Teddy M.C. |
| Vicki Ross-Norris | ... | Larraine |
| Ralph Wilcox | ... | Herman |
| Blake A. Edwards | ... | Paul Rothstein |
| Helen Floyd | ... | Mrs. Brown |
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Brazil:95 min
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During a scene in which Esther and Pauline go to visit Alice at the hospital, Esther, played by Lynn Whitfield, wears a fur-trimmed red suit and matching hat. The outfit is the same one she wore previously while playing Josephine Baker in "The Josephine Baker Story."
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Paul Rothstein:
[while Alice scrubs the floors] So, where is everybody?
Alice: [rises from the floor and moves to the sink] Your mother went shopping.
Paul Rothstein: [moves forward, wrapping his arms around Alice's waist] Alone at last.
Alice: [recoiling from his touch] Boy, quit! And watch where you're walking. I just scrubbed this.
Paul Rothstein: Alice, I like you. I really like you.
Alice: What would your mother do if she was on the other side of that door listening? Probably die. I don't know why you keep bothering me.
Paul Rothstein: Because I like you. And it doesn't matter that you're colored.
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Alice: [rises from the floor and moves to the sink] Your mother went shopping.
Paul Rothstein: [moves forward, wrapping his arms around Alice's waist] Alone at last.
Alice: [recoiling from his touch] Boy, quit! And watch where you're walking. I just scrubbed this.
Paul Rothstein: Alice, I like you. I really like you.
Alice: What would your mother do if she was on the other side of that door listening? Probably die. I don't know why you keep bothering me.
Paul Rothstein: Because I like you. And it doesn't matter that you're colored.
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This film authentically captures the true essence of Harlem in the 1930s as it portrays 4 African American women who struggle to make Harlem their home. The realities that these 4 women faced had portrayed the true nature of how we play with the hand that life deals us. This perfectly cast drama takes you back to a time when women were beautiful, elegant and determined. The skillful choreography to Benny Goodmans Sing Sing Sing and the excellent portrayal of Ella Fitzgerald at the Savoy Ballroom (Dawn Lewis) also adds to this authentic, rich, and highly-entertaining historical drama. It is a film that you are sure to watch more than just once!