PURLIE VICTORIOUS (GONE ARE THE DAYS) (1963) B/W 100m dir: Nicholas Webster

w/Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Godfrey Cambridge, Alan Alda

Screen version by Ossie Davis of his Broadway hit. A brash, satiric swipe at racism and Uncle Tomism in the South by updating Negro folk tales to contemporary struggles. Farcical lampoon, topicality, and energetic acting make this worthwhile entertainment.