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Claudine (1974) on 22 april 1974
, 1h32Directed by John Berry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Adam Wade, Roxie Roker, David Krüger
Rating72%
The film tells the story of Claudine Price (Diahann Carroll), a single Black Harlem mother, living on welfare with six children, who finds love with a garbage collector, Rupert Marshall (James Earl Jones), whom she calls "Roop". The pair's relationship becomes complicated because of a number of factors. Among these are that the couple do not want to marry because they would not be able to support the children without welfare, and that the kids themselves, particularly eldest son Charles (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs), are apprehensive of Rupert, and believe that he will leave their mother just like her previous husbands had.
The Wrestler (1974) on 28 april 1974
, 1h45Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films
Actors Edward Asnere, Elaine Giftos, Harold Sakata, H.B. Haggerty, Ken Patera
Rating52%
Professional wrestling promoter Frank Bass (Ed Asner) has to deal with the pressures of running a professional wrestling promotion, facing the pressures of constantly finding new wrestlers to pull in the crowds, keeping the wrestlers he has under contract under control and especially dealing with the fact that the top man, the champion of "the League" Mike Bullard (Verne Gagne is getting old and there is pressure to replace him with a younger wrestler. One such possible replacement is the latest challenger Billy Taylor (Billy Robinson). At one point Bass meets with a number of other wrestling promoters (played by real life wrestling promoters from the National Wrestling Alliance, including Vincent J. McMahon) to possibly create a "Super Bowl of Wrestling." Facing pressure Frank Bass decides to back Bullard as he faces the challenger Billy Taylor in the climax of the movie.