Betty Davis Videos

Hollywood 411's Megan Tevrizian reports from Forest Lawn Cemetary, the reported final resting place for Michael Jackson. Michael will join other stars, such as Betty Davis, Ed McMahon and Humphrey Bogart, who are buried there.

To me, she is the Queen of Funk. Betty Davis is an unknown ledgend as you will hear in the music and story. This is a must for all music lovers, young and old. Please enjoy and let me know what you think. Stay Gold, G * If Betty were singing today she would be something like Madonna, something like Prince only as a woman. (Miles Davis) * She introduced Miles to Hendrix s music and got him interested in the hardcore rock stuff. (Herbie Hancock) * Betty was a G for real. (Ice Cube) * When I first saw her album cover, I fell in love. (Rick James) * Warning: She is pure uncut funk way ahead of her time. (Prince Paul) (De La Soul, Handsome Boy Modeling School) * She was the first Madonna, but Madonna is more like Marie Osmond compared to Betty Davis. Betty Davis was a real ferocious Black Panther woman. You couldn t tame Betty Davis. (Santana)

A woman has dreams that she is a werewolf so she goes out and finds men. She proceeds to have sex with them and then rip their throats out with her teeth. She eventually falls in love but then she is raped and her lover is murdered so she goes out for revenge. Click here to download The Movie Store

A private detective about to enter the Army investigates the murder of a cop by gangsters who are in the stolen tires racket. Click here to download The Movie Store

Leo Gorcey stars as Mugs Maloney with Bobby Jordan as Danny in this lower east fight flick during the forties. Danny, managing Mugs boxing career, books him into a Conservation Corps camp for training. When the camps safe is robbed, Mugs is blamed since everyone knows he needed cash for his sick mother. What a line of bull, but it works. Click here to download The Movie Store.

This wartime thriller has newspaperman James Dunn trying to track down a stolen Chinese amulet the offers a clue to a lost treasure. He is racing a Russian teacher as well as an arms dealer for the same prize. This flick includes Ralph Morgan and Linda Gray in the credits. Click here to download The Movie Store

Jimmy Mason idolizes bootlegger Matt Kelly who is interested in Jimmy's girlfriend Peggy. Unwilling to squeal on his idol, Jimmy winds up in a cruel reformatory where a new- found friend dies from abuse. Jimmy's aunt tells him Peggy is seeing a lot of Matt, so Jimmy escapes. Click here to download The Movie Store

Blanche Mehaffey heads the cast as FBI agent Betty Mason. At the risk of her own neck, Betty pursues the kidnappers of a wealthy businessman. She also juggles the affection of her partner Morrison (Jack Mulhall) and the victim's son Scott (Grant Withers). After five yarn-provoking reels, the film finally roars into life with a truly exciting climactic shootout. Though Blanche Mehaffey had been in films since the silent days, she never quite attained stardom, and was still being referred to as an "unknown" by the 1938 trade papers. Despite the description, this is not a bad movie.

Soul Sisters triumphant! : From Psychedelia to Funk, 1967-1975. The human race started from Africa. When drought hit, around 24 members of the Bushmen tribe set out into the unknown for food. The global journey of their generations seeded the entire planet over the next 50,000 years. These two dozen Africans created every one of us. We are all family, we've just forgotten it. In the 1950's, sparked by Rosa Parks, the Civil Rights movement challenged segregation. The resulting 60's Counterculture meant to free the mind, body, and spirit from any shackles. They embraced the tribal and the communal, the future and each other. The late 60's-early 70's was a golden age of connection and exploration opening the possibilities that created the best in the world we now live in. This is a story of our shared jouney we shouldn't forget. Here are many Soul Sisters who paved our path: LT. UHURA opened the future on Star Trek ; the tribal Rock musical HAIR personified the re-evolution, which also gave us Melba Moore, Donna Summer, Leata Galloway, Marsha Hunt, Ben Vereen, Phillip Michael Thomas, and many more; all-inclusive music groups like BOOKER T new world couples like Jimi Hendrix and Devon Wilson, Brian Jones and Donyale Luna; activist singers like NINA SIMONE; Native American and African clothes and hairstyles were reborn; this opened the door for MIRIAM MAKEBA and other World Musics into the mainstream; MARSHA Brown Sugar HUNT set the template for Betty Davis and the next decade of Funk Rock women; MILES and BETTY DAVIS stirred Funk and Psychedelia into the Fusion Jazz of Bitches Brew ; by '69, the Fashion industry was opened by JOLIE JONES, NAOMI SIMS, DONYALE LUNA, Carole La Brie, Beverly Johnson, Jane Kennedy, and African ELIZABETH OF TORO; as Feminism dawned in the early 70's, ELAINE BROWN took command of the generally sexist Black Panther Party while ANGELA DAVIS fought The Man; modern poet/authors like NIKI GIOVANNI, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker inspired waves of new students; the new archetype of 'Soul Sister', with brains, class, style, and attitude, took its first proud strut; this modern amazon ruled the screens with actors like PAM GRIER, TAMARA DOBSON, CAROL SPEED (cutest eyes ever!), THERESA GRAVES, Vonetta McGhee, Jeane Belle, and Gloria Hendry; and in the comics with Wonder Woman's sister, NUBIA, and feiry STORM of the X-MEN. These women created: bohemian musicians like Ruth Copeland, Funkadelic, Joyce Kennedy (Mothers Finest), Parlet and Brides Of Funkenstein, Grace Jones, Prince World musicians like Osibisa, Fela, King Sunny Ade, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mahotella Queens, Zap Mama, Cesaria Evora, Angelique Kidjo, and Antibalas; models like Naomi Campbell, Iman, Waris Dalie, and Alek Wek; activists like bell hooks, Sister Souljah, and Pam The Funkstress (The Coup); tough actors like Gina Torres (FIREFLY/ SERENITY), Halle Barry (CATWOMAN, X-MEN), and Jada Pinkett Smith (THE MATRIX); and superheroines like Vixen, Misty Knight, Monica Rambeau (Captain Marvel), and Natasha Irons (Steel). About ROTARY CONNECTION: The Chess label parlayed modern blues (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf) and Rock'n'roll (Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley) in the 50's. Young heir Marshall Chess stirred them into the psychedelic 60's with the RC. It combined a rock group with soul singers, all arranged by the radical Charles Stepney with jazz changes, operatic chorales, electronic dissonance, and sweeping strings. It also introduced Minnie Ripperton, who went on to glory with Loving You later. Though Minnie has sadly passed, her daughter Maya Rudolph is a shining star on Saturday Night Live . Stepney went on to arrange the great hits of Earth Wind Black Gold a modern standard with their 1997 remix hit. Who is the black gold of the sun? We all are. Check out: http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/ http://press.princeton.edu/quotes/q7442.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_Connection http://www.myspace.com/therotaryconnection http://www.myspace.com/charlesstepney (All rights reserved. Fan-made video to promote the artist and awareness.) tym stevens

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