Hallelujah! (1929) | |
| Director(s) | King Vidor |
| Producer(s) | King Vidor, Irving Thalberg (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Musical |
| Top Topics | Infidelity, Pre-Code Cinema |
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Hallelujah! (1929) was a Musical - Drama Film directed by King Vidor and produced by King Vidor and Irving Thalberg.
Hallelujah! was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2008.
Academy Awards 1929/30 --- Ceremony Number 3 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Director | King Vidor | Nominated |
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Although this film is frequently touted as the first black-cast film produced in Hollywood, it is actually predated by the more obscure Hearts in Dixie.
King Vidor had been hoping to make the film for several years, and jumped at the chance to make it with the advent of sound. He so wanted to produce the picture that he offered to give up his salary.
An advertising poster for this film is pictured on one stamp of a set of five 42ยข USA commemorative postage stamps honoring Vintage Black Cinema, issued 16 July 2008. Other films honored in this set are Black and Tan, The Sport of the Gods, Princesse Tam Tam, and Caldonia.
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King Vidor had been hoping to make the film for several years, and jumped at the chance to make it with the advent of sound. He so wanted to produce the picture that he offered to give up his salary.
An advertising poster for this film is pictured on one stamp of a set of five 42ยข USA commemorative postage stamps honoring Vintage Black Cinema, issued 16 July 2008. Other films honored in this set are Black and Tan, The Sport of the Gods, Princesse Tam Tam, and Caldonia.
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