This movie has some good production values, and wonderful flapper fashions. The only thing that's missing is characters of any discernable depth.
So we just don't care about them.
Alvin Hillyard (Henry Henderson) is somewhat of a cipher, a gifted composer who marries a lower-class woman not out of love but because she needs protection from her stepfather. Yet he lacks the guts to admit as much to his mother, who favors a mate from their upwardly mobile "set."
Newlywed Louise (Lucia Lynn Moses) is just as passive. Lacking chemistry with her musical savior, and disappointed that he won't stand up to his mom, Louise hugs a little doll and never tries to really talk with her spouse.
The story is mildly interesting in its take on African-Americans who ponder the ways of their race. Behavioral psychology seems conjured in the movie's take on Louise as a product of her environment.
"Oh, our people have much to learn!"
Ain't it the truth for us all.
So we just don't care about them.
Alvin Hillyard (Henry Henderson) is somewhat of a cipher, a gifted composer who marries a lower-class woman not out of love but because she needs protection from her stepfather. Yet he lacks the guts to admit as much to his mother, who favors a mate from their upwardly mobile "set."
Newlywed Louise (Lucia Lynn Moses) is just as passive. Lacking chemistry with her musical savior, and disappointed that he won't stand up to his mom, Louise hugs a little doll and never tries to really talk with her spouse.
The story is mildly interesting in its take on African-Americans who ponder the ways of their race. Behavioral psychology seems conjured in the movie's take on Louise as a product of her environment.
"Oh, our people have much to learn!"
Ain't it the truth for us all.