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MOVIE REVIEWMan And BoyBv MADELINE MI’RPIIVTwo hundred persons attended the National Negro College Fund, Women's j Division premiere showing of Bill Cosby'a movie “.Man and Boy/* at the New Theatre, Tuesday, October 25.Although the crowd was disappointed because Bill Cosby did not appear, the/ were amply rewarded .by the warm, sophisticated C«»sly Gemmin Production*The story centered around a blaclC t'nion soldier, his wife and son valiantl/ struggling to farm 14 hard stony acres of | homestead land, and their need for a mulo (the wife’s practical solution; or^for a I lmrsc (the husband's and son's romanticnotion .Bill Cosby, as Caleb Kevers, becomes owner of a horse lie ‘’unsucessfully’* doctors by nut shooting it, and wheedling it out of the while land owner, for his son.Bilk.Billy is so proud of the horse, he rides to town to show it off. lie childishly plays, then fights with hostile bo\s and the horso is stolen.The story unfolds through misadventures and adventures of Caleb and Bill as they trek through the scenic colorful southwest, toward the Mexican border totrack down horse and horse thief. '■ • _The warm, believable acting of Bill Cosby, Gloria Foster, as the mother, and Billy; the simple plot and typical language of black 'characters, givo strength and meaning to history of black men during Post-Civil War days.A'ruthless black gunfighter, Lfo Christmas, a preening black “buck'’, who takes on Caleb in a knock down drag-out light, lend excitement and credence to little known facts about manly black cowboys and settlers in the Old West.This picture, rated G, is \yorthw.hiler ricli entertainment for the entire family
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Baltimore Afro American
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sat, Oct 30, 1971
Page 5
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