Stepin Fetchit
Stepin Fetchit (1902–1985) was an American comedian and actor.
His Fetchit persona parlayed into a successful film career, eventually becoming the first black actor to become a millionaire. He was also the first black actor to receive screen credit.
Stepin Fetchit typical film persona and stage name have long been controversial, and seen as illustrative of negative stereotypes of Negroes. However, a newer interpretation of his film persona contends he was ultimately subversive of the status quo.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.5157 |
| Birthday | 1902-05-30 |
| Place of Birth | Key West, Florida, USA |
| Also Known As | Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry, |
1968
Inquiring Nuns
8/1
Two nuns travel across Chicago asking people the question, "Are you happy?"
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Inquiring Nuns
1930
Face of Desire
7/1
Spanish-language version of The Big Fight (1930).
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Face of Desire
1934
Judge Priest
6.457/35
Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense...
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Judge Priest
1936
Dimples
6.553/19
Dimples Appleby lives with her pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains the crowds while he works his racket. A rich lady...
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Dimples
1928
The Devil's Skipper
10/1
The Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast against type, Belle Bennett plays a wronged woman...
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The Devil's Skipper
1935
Charlie Chan in Egypt
6.864/33
While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed in...
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Charlie Chan in Egypt
1934
Carolina
6.667/3
During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory when Will Connelly marries a Yankee farm girl, Joa...
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Carolina
1927
In Old Kentucky
10/1
Young Brierly struggles to save his father, Major Brierly, from the clutches of alcohol after the Great War. At the same time, he prepares Major Brier...
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In Old Kentucky
1928
The Tragedy of Youth
3/3
Neglected by shallow husband Dick, young bride Paula Wayne seeks male companionship outside the marital nest. She soon finds it in the form of mature...
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The Tragedy of Youth
1936
36 Hours to Kill
6.083/6
Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake ticket and will win $150,000 i...
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36 Hours to Kill
1952
Bend of the River
7.005/205
Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...
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Bend of the River
1931
Neck and Neck
7/1
Bill Grant is a small-time gambler who spends more time embellishing his accomplishments than actually doing anything. He has a small run of good luck...
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Neck and Neck
1942
Thru Different Eyes
8/1
A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case.
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Thru Different Eyes
1974
Amazing Grace
6.813/8
A widow tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumben...
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Amazing Grace
1970
a.k.a. Cassius Clay
7.25/4
The study of crazy brilliance and flamboyant sincerity. a.k.a. Cassius Clay presents a fascinating look at the incredible life and achievements of one...
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a.k.a. Cassius Clay
1935
Helldorado
9/1
Arthur T. Ryan, a hitchhiker, gets a ride from haughty, society girl Glenda Wynant and her fiance, wealthy J. F. Van Avery after he helps them to repl...
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Helldorado
1953
The Sun Shines Bright
6.5/47
With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a yo...
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The Sun Shines Bright
1929
Salute
6/4
A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.
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Salute
1931
Wild Horse
6.75/2
Ben Hall offers $1000 for the wild Devil Horse which Jim Wright and Skeeter capture. While Jim is away, Gil Davis kills Skeeter and takes the horse. T...
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Wild Horse
1931
The Galloping Ghost
4.5/2
A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the ga...
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The Galloping Ghost
1948
Miracle in Harlem
7.5/3
A crooked real estate tycoon tricks a trusting young woman out of her small candy store. When he is found dead, the girl is suspected of the crime.
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Miracle in Harlem
1934
David Harum
7.5/2
Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom he has traded horse flesh. Taylor is a bank teller...
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David Harum
1930
The Big Fight
4.5/4
Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jack Dempsey played the role of the fighter, Tiger: T...
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The Big Fight
1945
Big Timers
5/4
A wealthy young society man is dating a beautiful young woman who he believes is also in his "class" because of her beautiful, classically trained sin...
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Big Timers
1929
Hearts in Dixie
5/3
Nappus sends his grandson north for schooling to shelter him from their community.
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Hearts in Dixie
1930
Swing High
7.667/3
To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc Ma...
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Swing High
1929
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
4.333/3
Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in New York hoping to take Lila back home with him to marr...
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Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
1925
The Mysterious Stranger
9/1
Raoul Lesage suspects his wife, April, of infidelity with Herman Bennett, an artist, and forsakes her, living for the next 20 years in a hermitage sur...
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The Mysterious Stranger
1939
Zenobia
4.885/13
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
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Zenobia
1935
One More Spring
6.2/5
Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.
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One More Spring
1929
Show Boat
6.75/4
This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's boo...
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Show Boat
1972
Cutter
9/1
Private eye searches for a missing football quarterback in Chicago.
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Cutter
1937
On the Avenue
7.2/5
A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, b...
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On the Avenue
1931
The Prodigal
4/5
An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his wealthy southern family.
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The Prodigal
1930
A Tough Winter
5.571/7
The gang creates a huge mess after they get into a taffy-pulling contest.
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A Tough Winter
1934
The World Moves On
5.906/16
Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great busin...
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The World Moves On
1938
His Exciting Night
4.333/3
A milquetoast clerk is betrothed to the socialite whose aunt holds a big account with his company.
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His Exciting Night
1937
Love Is News
6.2/10
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are e...
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Love Is News
1946
Baby Don't Go Away from Me
10/1
Soundie featuring Mable Lee and Stephin Fetchit.
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Baby Don't Go Away from Me
1950
Harlem Follies of 1949
7/1
Pretty Ruth Mason, who headlined at the Village sport for almost a year, is the heroine with Manhattan Paul, emcee at the club, as the guy who gets he...
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Harlem Follies of 1949
1935
Steamboat Round the Bend
7.474/19
A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hange...
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Steamboat Round the Bend
1929
Thru Different Eyes
8/1
Harvey Manning is placed on trial for the murder of Jack Winfield, his closest friend, whose body was found in the Manning home. During the trial, the...
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Thru Different Eyes
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
6.333/9
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1930
Cameo Kirby
8/1
Cameo Kirby, an honest riverboat gambler who works the Mississippi, rescues a girl from a gang of ruffians in New Orleans, but she disappears after he...
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Cameo Kirby
1934
Marie Galante
4.923/13
On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt l...
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Marie Galante
1934
Stand Up and Cheer!
5.292/12
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering...
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Stand Up and Cheer!
1937
Fifty Roads to Town
10/1
A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.
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Fifty Roads to Town
1935
The Virginia Judge
10/1
In a small town in the South, Jim Preston resents his stepfather, Judge Calhoun Davis, in spite of everything the judge has done to be a father him. "...
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The Virginia Judge
1935
Hot Tip
7.5/2
An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.
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Hot Tip
1929
Big Time
7.5/2
The relationship between a male dancer and his actress girlfriend is threatened by a scheming chorister.
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Big Time
1933
Slow Poke
7/1
Stepin Fetchit in the Educational Pictures short "Slow Poke," doing the shtick that made him a millionaire in the 1930s.
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Slow Poke
1929
The Ghost Talks
10/1
Miriam Holt hopes to solve the disappearance of a million dollars in bonds allegedly stolen by her late uncle. A team of crooks is following her, thou...
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The Ghost Talks
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
4.313/16
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1946
Broadway and Main
0/0
Gloria Parker plays a station news agent who sings about a well-dressed man who comes to her asking directions to Broadway and Main. A janitor sweeps...
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Broadway and Main
1930
Temps d'Hiver
0/0
French language version of A TOUGH WINTER with a new cast.
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Temps d'Hiver
1928
Nameless Men
10/1
Bob Strong, a detective, goes to prison undercover to befriend Hugh, a young man who was part of a gang that committed a robbery, in order to find out...
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