Saturday, January 15, 2022

Forgotten Hollywood, Calvin Lockhart. We explore the life of the Original Biggie Smalls. Silky Slim.

 

The Original Biggie Smalls and Silky Slim. The celebrated stage and film star. Calvin Lockhart was born in the Bahamas. He appeared in many Blaxploitation films. Starring roles in cult classic films like "Uptown Saturday Night". And the fan favorite, "Let's Do It Again". Mr. Lockhart appeared in many classic television shows as well: "Good Times" as Cousin Raymond Brown, and on "Starsky and Hutch" as Angel. Contact info: mrthomaspointer@gmail.com Music provide by Michael Roney Additional, I would like to give credit and acknowledgement to all those artists whose material and work have "contributed" to this project. Not to mislead anyone, I do not own the copyrights to any of the images, stills or footage viewed or heard in this documentary--only the script or narration is mine. The brilliant artistry of others allowed for this project's presentation and completion. Under the Fair Use Doctrine, originally a common law doctrine that was enshrined in statutory law when the U.S. Congress passed the Copyright Act of 1976, users of the doctrine are permitted limited use of copyrighted material without having to first acquire permission from the copyright holder. As a courtesy to the copyright holders whose work is presented in this project or documentary, my use is very limited and brief. And my usage does not undermine the profitability of the original work but in fact adds to new interests. "Good Times" season 6 episode 24 air date 1979 "Cousin Raymond" Sony Pictures and Tandem Productions. Footage of Lockhart courtesy of Popperfoto, Archive Photos, Caribbean National Weekly, Getty Images Editorial use "Cotton Comes To Harlem", Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. and Miramax Film, distributed by United Artists. Mgm.com "Uptown Saturday Night", and "Let's Do It Again", Production company First Artists and distributed by Warner Bros. "Coming To America" and "Coming 2 America", Eddie Murphy Productions, distributed by Paramount Pictures. "Joanna" and *"Myra Breckenridge" 20th Century Fox *by Gore Vidal. Jet magazine photo courtesy of Christina Gordon "Halls of Anger" The Mirisch Corporation, distributed by United Artists. "Starsky & Hutch" season 4, episode 11. Sony Pictures Television "Geto Boys", courtesy of The Houstonia. Stock footage material from Videvo http://www.videvo.net Toloncho (stock footage) www.beachfrontbroll.com "Car Wash", Universal Pictures "Dynasty" Aaron Spelling Productions 20th Century Fox TV., distributed by CBS Television. "Predator II" Silver Pictures, 20th Century Fox, "Twin Peaks" CBS Distribution TV. "Rain" distributed by Image Entertainment. Ernie Barnes ernie.barnes.com The audio of Mr. Lockhart courtesy of American Archive of Public Broadcasting / University of Texas at Austin. "In Black America", interview by Mr. John L. Hanson.