Kathleen Glynn


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Sparkle (1976) -- (Movie Clip) She's Bustin' At The Seams Neat two opening scenes, introducing Phillip Michael Thomas and Dorian Harewood on the front steps, with Lonette McKee, Irene Cara and Dwan Smith as “Sister,” Sparkle and Delores, Mary Alice their mom, Beatrice Winde the neighbor, Sam O’Steen directing, in the cult hit (re-made by Whitney Houston in 2012), Sparkle, 1976.
Sparkle (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Hooked On Your Love Among the reasons for buzz about Lonette McKee, singing the lead as eldest sister “Sister,” backed up by 16 year-old Irene Cara (title character) and Dwan Smith (as Delores), with a Curtis Mayfield original, certainly more in the contemporary style than that of the setting, Harlem ca. 1958, in the fictional show-biz drama Sparkle, 1976.
Sparkle (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Jump (Curtis Mayfield Composition) The first musical number, an original from Curtis Mayfield, not to be confused with the Pointer Sisters’ 1984 hit, the fictional Williams sisters (Lonette McKee, Irene Cara and Dwan Smith), with Philip Michael Thomas and Dorian Harewood, all doing their own vocals, performing at a Harlem amateur show, in Sparkle, 1976.
Roger & Me (1989) -- (Movie Clip) This Is Not A Plant Closing Michael Moore’s narration continues in his first documentary, after his return to his hometown of Flint, Michigan, having just introduced GM chairman Roger Smith, meeting some citizens and a lobbyist, then beginning his quest to meet the executive, in Roger & Me, 1989.
Roger & Me (1989) -- (Movie Clip) Three People Worked For General Motors The opening from Michael Moore’s acclaimed debut documentary, personal narration and anecdotes framing his coverage of the impact of General Motors corporate strategy on his hometown, Flint, MIchigan, from Roger & Me, 1989.

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