Harold Nicholas

Harold Nicholas

March 27, 1921 · 105 years old

Harold Lloyd Nicholas (March 27, 1921 – July 3, 2000) was an American dancer specializing in tap. Nicholas was the younger half of the tap-dancing pair the Nicholas Brothers, known as two of the world's greatest dancers. His older brother was Fayard Nicholas. Nicholas was featured in such musicals a…

Known For

7 titles
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The Pirate

The Pirate

1948 · 1h 42m · Movie

A girl is engaged to the local rich man, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.

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The Five Heartbeats

The Five Heartbeats

1991 · 2h 1m · Movie

The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group.

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Stormy Weather

Stormy Weather

1943 · 1h 18m · Movie

The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.

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Uptown Saturday Night

Uptown Saturday Night

1974 · 1h 44m · Movie

At Madame Zenobia's illegal nightclub, when Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin get robbed of their wallets containing a winning lottery ticket, they set out to recover it.

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Tap

Tap

1989 · 1h 51m · Movie

Just released from prison, Max Washington must decide which of his previous professions to return to: burglary or tap-dancing.

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The Emperor Jones

The Emperor Jones

1933 · 1h 12m · Movie

Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

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The Great American Broadcast

The Great American Broadcast

1941 · 1h 30m · Movie

After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together.

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