Nick Stewart

Hollywood Shuffle -- This film takes a satirical look at the ambivalent relationship between Hollywood power brokers and African-American performers. The filmmaker also stars as Bobby Taylor, a struggling actor looking for his big break in the entertainment industry.

Silver Streak -- On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.

This film takes a satirical look at the ambivalent relationship between Hollywood power brokers and African-American performers. The filmmaker also stars as Bobby Taylor, a struggling actor looking for his big break in the entertainment industry. While working a day job flipping burgers, Bobby heads out to insulting casting calls where white casting agents pass judgement on whether he seems "black enough." When Bobby actually does earn a big role, he is forced to choose between accepting work that opens doors, but ultimately demeans him and returning to obscurity with his principles intact.

Robert Townsend's comedic send-up of the trials and tribulations of black actors attempting to break into Hollywood - just how do you make a living and not play the stereotyped roles?

This film takes a satirical look at the ambivalent relationship between Hollywood power brokers and African-American performers. The filmmaker also stars as Bobby Taylor, a struggling actor looking for his big break in the entertainment industry.

This film takes a satirical look at the ambivalent relationship between Hollywood power brokers and African-American performers. The filmmaker also stars as Bobby Taylor, a struggling actor looking for his big break in the entertainment industry.

A nutty blend of comedy-action-romance in the Hitchcock mold, as a book editor and a sexy secretary try to keep one step ahead of a criminal gang on a speeding train. With Jill Clayburgh.

On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.

On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.

On a train from Los Angeles to Chicago, a book editor finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed. After he is thrown from the train, he meets and joins forces with a car thief to catch up with the train and save his new love.

Yvonne De Carlo sizzles as cabaret singer Rosalind Dee, an exotic beauty who partners with two club owners (Zachary Scott and Kurt Kasznar) to open an exclusive island casino. But the trio's business venture is relatively risky, considering the source of Rosalind's seed money. Howard Duff and James Arness co-star as a pair of men competing for Rosalind's affections in this beachy classic that was filmed on location in the Bahamas.

Powered by Georges Bizet's grand music and Oscar Hammerstein II's magnificent lyrics, this Americanized all-black version of the classic opera Carmen is a dynamic superb show with a positively incandescent Carmen. Oscar® -nominee Dorothy Dandridge stars in the title role, a passionate, sexy creature who lures Joe (Harry Belafonte), a handsome soldier, away from his sweetheart (Olga James). Following a fatal brawl with his sergeant, Joe deserts his regiment with the sultry femme fatale. But Carmen soon tires of him and takes up with a heavyweight prize-fighter (Joe Adams), triggering Joe's tragic revenge. Helping to set the screen on fire are Pearl Bailey and Diahann Carroll, part of the sensational troupe that makes this jubilant musical film hard to beat.