I am now 66 years of age. When I was 16 years old, I worked with Bernard St. Claire Lee ( man with headband in video), House of Pancakes, 443 East Manchester blvd, Inglewood, California. This was before Hughes Corporation became recognized. He was an opening cook and I was a bus boy. He would rehearse after work. I am pleased he got recognized for his talent. He was truly a nice man and I don't recall him ever saying anything bad about anyone else. He passed away a couple of years ago. He grew up in Santa Monica, Ca and was part American Indian. I remember him fondly. He gained recognition after " Rock the Boat" and did sound track for the late 1970s Black spoliation movies. I became an optometrist at age 26.We never met up after leaving the House of Pancakes.
Completely apart from the fact that William Marshall both speaks and carries himself like a real-life prince, he convinced me that capes are genuinely cool. I don't know if I'll ever have the courage to put that theory to the test.
William Marshall had a very strong theater background(he probably performed Shakespeare plays like Othello), he even had established a theater for actors. He even had a great role in Star Trek as Dr. Robert Daystrom in The Ultimate Computer. He was in the film Demetrius And The Gladiators with Victor Mature.
I too was born in 1977. In fact, I myself trying to catch up with the rest of the 70s decade... But then again instead, I grew up as a child in the 1980s..... OUCH! And graduated from high school as a teenager in 1996....... But truthfully and personally, I am obsessed with the 70s music and movies and entertainment.......... Thank you Ronnett Norfleet....I appreciate it very much and good day.😢☺️💎🎶🎆
I'm a white guy and I was born in 1966 so I got to experience the 1970s. BEST DECADE EVER!!!! Best for movies Rock Soul Funk Disco Punk New Wave Folk and Country music and people actually talked to each other and families ate dinner at the table and kids played for hours outside until 10 pm or so then came home and parents didn't freak out because they were safe. People didn't have their faces buried in cell phones. We had phones and could call people which was fine. We didn't need all this internet crap. We played board games and went to the beach in the summer and played sports and went dancing and shot pool and interacted on a real basic human level that today's society wouldn't have a clue to even start to integrate that into their compartmentalized social media robotic existence. Yes I have a cell phone but I don't live inside my phone 24 hours of a day. Some people are connected to this technology so much it IS their life. Very sad.
+Summer Lyric He was a vampire!! And he put her in a trance, The movie was low budget and they didn't use any special effects to show her being hipmotized!
I saw this movie at the theater when I was 12 years old. I thought it was great. Of course, now it's just hysterical to watch, but I never miss it if I see it's playing on cable. This scene was one of my favorites.
Sandra Pointer They're playing it right now on "BounceTV," the black people channel. "TV 'our' way!" It shows that, if you're going to insist on showing only black culture movies, your channel is going to run out of decent entertainment VERY quickly.
The Hughes Corporation really put on a best performance at that nightclub over 50 years ago because I really like the club’s interior with all of the people having their drinks on with The Hughes Corporation really getting down to the beat plus extras really swinging & digging it .
William Marshall should have had a MUCH bigger career than he did. He should have played every Shakespearean hero (WHAT a Henry V, Macbeth and Coriolanus he'd have made, with his face, height and voice!), as well as the great Greek tragic figures like Oedipus, and the outsized modern dramatic heroes like Solness and James Tyrone. Since he had every possible asset that an actor can have, one has to conclude that it was nothing but our old friend Racism -- or, more precisely, the idiot view still -- STILL! -- held by some people in the arts that performers of color may be all very well for modern vernacular parts, but that they just Don't Look Right or Don't Sound Right in classical roles -- that kept him from his rightful place in American film and theater. (Just for the record, the best Helen of Troy in "The Trojan Women" that I ever saw was a black actress, just as it was black actors who did the best job I ever saw with Prospero in "The Tempest" and Antony in "Antony and Cleopatra".) If there are aliens watching us from another planet, they must think "We'd better steer clear of THIS world. If they have so little regard for their own people, what would they do to strangers like us?"
You're absolutely right.The man commanded attention without seeking it.Just his physical presence and his voice were commanding.Plus he oozed with class.Roscoe Lee Browne is another who had a classiness about him as well.
The comee thing hurt him to, He was the best of the best, I watch him once a month, star trek, Rawhide with Eastwood+Bonanza were he shows off his voice+guitar playing.
@@jacquelynjones4747, Thalamus passed away in October 1991 from a heart attack, he was 51, and Vonetta McGee passed away in 2010 from a heart attack, she was 65.
One of the many things that I love about this video is how natural and beautiful these Black women were back in the 1970s! Today, sadly, these women are wearing colored contacts, hair weaves, straightened hair, plastic body parts, and skin lightening! Not to also mention, obesity is a serious problem in our communities today! What happened to Black women?!
They was getting down jamming,,,I like they moves and the singing,,,That's what it was back in the day,,,Good ole having a good ole time,,,Right on my Sista,,,Right on girl😎👍👍
Prince blacula reminds me of this judge I knew growing up. Judge Spencer didn't wear a cape but I believe he could've totally pulled it off without looking silly 😎
We fell short when we started to adhere to another race's standards. We were fine being just who we were, and I'm not talking about broken down language and being poor.
@@keithbaucum7156 true! But today there's no sense of black pride, A dark skinned woman isn't as popular as a light skinned one, but it's changing back
I agree Skillets personalities captivating just like the other actors I wish there were more movies with them in there. But is one movie producent directed by Jules Dassin which Skillet in there. About some black revolutionaries and among them is in a Informer and the whole movie is based on finding out who it was and why and why he let the movement down interesting piece you can mad about 1967-68
@@georgeplagianos6487 The movie you're talking about is " UPTIGHT" which also starred Max Julien and Dick Williams ( The Mack), Raymond St.Jaques and the great Roscoe Lee Browne.Big Skillet also played a rebellious slave in Mandingo....the speech he gave before being hung is one of all time favorites in movie history.
It's funny how non-musical films sometimes have GREAT musical interludes like this one. Think Lauren Bacall singing "Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" in "The Big Sleep", Dooley Wilson singing "As Time Goes By" in "Casablanca", and Angela Lansbury warbling "Little Yellow Bird" in "The Picture of Dorian Gray".
Brother on the dance floor in the brown outfit was groovin wasn't he?😂Hey this scene was funky with the look the other way DONT LET HIM FOLLOW YOU Spooky ass hell
I liked this song. It was perfect for this scene. I wouldn't mind at all if I was under Mamuwalde's spell. William Marshall was so handsome and he had such a captivating smile.
@@markbarret6836 While William Marshall is indeed handsome, my comment was a lighthearted one. If you had a sense of humor you would know that. Check yourself, boy!
WoW, here is someone appreciating (black) art and what do you people do?? spreading hate, omg! Anyways i´m really looking forward to the remake, heard Nick Cage is going to play Blacula PS: Stop the hate
Love this song. This just came to my mind as I was watching this. Has there ever been an episode about them on TVOne's Unsung? There definitely should be.
yes its a very hauntng song. and lead singer is the best and pretty . she sends chills up my spine. I find it funny that the dancers in the audience really weren't too much in the grove with the beat here except for the shorter guy in the brown outfit really got electrified with the music . l wonder why. during the movie unlikely interaction of the actors with each other actors so well with each other. And during the song we couldn't help but notice singer on the left side how tight his pants were. We all couldn't help but notice the extension of his manhood
I feel the same way I felt back then. It feel like they through that song together at the last minute. Still a great movie. The female vampire in the morgue…. Still makes my heart jump. I could not sleep for weeks
I’m fascinated by the influence that black Los Angeles had on us culturally during the 70’s. Obviously Hollywood played a role but Soul Train and Motown moving there as well. Groups like Hues Corporation got a lot of play with “Rock The Boat”...
Hahahaaaa yooo Karl Russell,far left is my great uncle&omw go see him rite now.Doing well&still working on his house&cars here in Columbus,Ohio.He gave me my nicc name "FACE" when I was 2yrs old.
I am now 66 years of age. When I was 16 years old, I worked with Bernard St. Claire Lee ( man with headband in video), House of Pancakes, 443 East Manchester blvd, Inglewood, California. This was before Hughes Corporation became recognized. He was an opening cook and I was a bus boy. He would rehearse after work. I am pleased he got recognized for his talent. He was truly a nice man and I don't recall him ever saying anything bad about anyone else. He passed away a couple of years ago. He grew up in Santa Monica, Ca and was part American Indian. I remember him fondly. He gained recognition after " Rock the Boat" and did sound track for the late 1970s Black spoliation movies. I became an optometrist at age 26.We never met up after leaving the House of Pancakes.
That's a nice story. Thank You to sharing that with us.
@@bayawiki My Pleasure.
Great story......That's awesome
That's amazing. Thanks for sharing this!
@Paul brungardt do you still keep in touch with him
This Nightclub was The Former Marla’s Memory Lane In South Central Los Angeles, On King Blvd. Near Arlington!
Dude in the brown suit was killing it in the crowd.... Always loved this movie...
Wasn’t he though 😁
While he was killing it on the dance floor, I guess his twin walked through the door... at 2:13
I said the same thing! Awesome! lol
He damn sure was
😂🤣🤣🤣😅
Completely apart from the fact that William Marshall both speaks and carries himself like a real-life prince, he convinced me that capes are genuinely cool. I don't know if I'll ever have the courage to put that theory to the test.
Skillet :" Yo Mamawaulde, when you gonna let me wear that cape man?".Im surprised capes didn't catch on after this movie.
@@missayawk Didn't he say "buy," though?
Jaaaaa....
Didn't Kareem wear one at ucla?
William Marshall had a very strong theater background(he probably performed Shakespeare plays like Othello), he even had established a theater for actors. He even had a great role in Star Trek as Dr. Robert Daystrom in The Ultimate Computer. He was in the film Demetrius And The Gladiators with Victor Mature.
This song has been in my head for 23 years. 😆
Gonna be in mine lol its awesome
The 70's were the best as far as creating vibes in movies.
Yeah, I wasn't born in the 70s, but I love everything about the 70s
I was born 1977 and I wished I could experience the whole 70s decade.
you missed a great time ,also disco blew it up after saturday night fever
I too was born in 1977. In fact, I myself trying to catch up with the rest of the 70s decade... But then again instead, I grew up as a child in the 1980s..... OUCH! And graduated from high school as a teenager in 1996.......
But truthfully and personally, I am obsessed with the 70s music and movies and entertainment.......... Thank you Ronnett Norfleet....I appreciate it very much and good day.😢☺️💎🎶🎆
I was born in 1978
Me too! June 7th
08/04/77
I'm a white guy and I was born in 1966 so I got to experience the 1970s. BEST DECADE EVER!!!! Best for movies Rock Soul Funk Disco Punk New Wave Folk and Country music and people actually talked to each other and families ate dinner at the table and kids played for hours outside until 10 pm or so then came home and parents didn't freak out because they were safe. People didn't have their faces buried in cell phones. We had phones and could call people which was fine. We didn't need all this internet crap. We played board games and went to the beach in the summer and played sports and went dancing and shot pool and interacted on a real basic human level that today's society wouldn't have a clue to even start to integrate that into their compartmentalized social media robotic existence. Yes I have a cell phone but I don't live inside my phone 24 hours of a day. Some people are connected to this technology so much it IS their life. Very sad.
I agree with you about the cellphones. In this day and age we need them, but I am not obsessed with a cellphone like so many people these days.
I agree with you about the 70s. It was really the most original in new genres of music: Funk, Disco, Glam Rock, Punk Rock, and New Wave
The 70s might have had some great music....but anyone's parents from that Era are messed up.
You got it bruh.
I love how James at Dead Meat doesn’t just introduce us to good old horror movies, but good old-school music
That man got me into horror movies, my favorite being scream. Thanks James.
One of the best vampire movies ❤️
And one of the top song to set you in the mood
And Vampire in Brooklyn
Go girl , the moves they put all their energy into it
Tina...Listen to the damn song! They were trying to warn you!
Jansci7G Ikr. Tina was so clueless and naive start to finish lol
+Summer Lyric He was a vampire!! And he put her in a trance, The movie was low budget and they didn't use any special effects to show her being hipmotized!
Run Tina Run lol that's also a song on this soundtrack
Gordon: He's killed ppl
Babyyy Tina said "What do you want me to do about it 😆 🤣 😂
There is nothing better than this.
Agreed 100%!
I'm a white man with a black soul. I absolutely love this film, got this sound track, to this Day I still play it. Can you dig it....❤
Shut up, you 👻.
I saw this movie at the theater when I was 12 years old. I thought it was great. Of course, now it's just hysterical to watch, but I never miss it if I see it's playing on cable. This scene was one of my favorites.
Sandra Pointer They're playing it right now on "BounceTV," the black people channel. "TV 'our' way!" It shows that, if you're going to insist on showing only black culture movies, your channel is going to run out of decent entertainment VERY quickly.
did you know "Mamawaldi" ( William Marshall ) was an opera singer ?
Omg! That is so cool
I love this song blacula is so groovy
I love the way this song was designed!! The writer of this song is a genius.
The Hughes Corporation really put on a best performance at that nightclub over 50 years ago because I really like the club’s interior with all of the people having their drinks on with The Hughes Corporation really getting down to the beat plus extras really swinging & digging it .
This Past August 2022 This Movie Became 50 Years old, WOW !!!, They Should Re-Make It..
I want to go back too 1972.
paul cooper. Me 2!
paul cooper Me too😎
Vonetta McGee & Denise Nicholas were so beautiful back in the day
Still is We just lost Tina very classy beautiful black Women !
Never knew this group was Hues Corporation..👌
The dancing is outstanding
William Marshall should have had a MUCH bigger career than he did. He should have played every Shakespearean hero (WHAT a Henry V, Macbeth and Coriolanus he'd have made, with his face, height and voice!), as well as the great Greek tragic figures like Oedipus, and the outsized modern dramatic heroes like Solness and James Tyrone. Since he had every possible asset that an actor can have, one has to conclude that it was nothing but our old friend Racism -- or, more precisely, the idiot view still -- STILL! -- held by some people in the arts that performers of color may be all very well for modern vernacular parts, but that they just Don't Look Right or Don't Sound Right in classical roles -- that kept him from his rightful place in American film and theater. (Just for the record, the best Helen of Troy in "The Trojan Women" that I ever saw was a black actress, just as it was black actors who did the best job I ever saw with Prospero in "The Tempest" and Antony in "Antony and Cleopatra".) If there are aliens watching us from another planet, they must think "We'd better steer clear of THIS world. If they have so little regard for their own people, what would they do to strangers like us?"
You're absolutely right.The man commanded attention without seeking it.Just his physical presence and his voice were commanding.Plus he oozed with class.Roscoe Lee Browne is another who had a classiness about him as well.
True, I hate the way they portrayed him in Starter, could have been a great villain
The comee thing hurt him to, He was the best of the best, I watch him once a month, star trek, Rawhide with Eastwood+Bonanza were he shows off his voice+guitar playing.
R.I.P. Thalmus Rashulua & Vonetta McKee
Oh no! Vonetta Mcgee is gone? I thought she was so cool.
Did not know Vonetta McGhee and Thalmus Rashulus was dead. So sorry but what happened to them besides age? What year did they die?
@@jacquelynjones4747, Thalamus passed away in October 1991 from a heart attack, he was 51, and Vonetta McGee passed away in 2010 from a heart attack, she was 65.
William Marshall is gone too. R.I.P
I don't want to believed this William Marshall , Vonetta Mcgee, & Thalamus gone 😢 noooooooo
One of the many things that I love about this video is how natural and beautiful these Black women were back in the 1970s!
Today, sadly, these women are wearing colored contacts, hair weaves, straightened hair, plastic body parts, and skin lightening!
Not to also mention, obesity is a serious problem in our communities today!
What happened to Black women?!
They was getting down jamming,,,I like they moves and the singing,,,That's what it was back in the day,,,Good ole having a good ole time,,,Right on my Sista,,,Right on girl😎👍👍
Now this is what I call a movie
I swear I play this very so often.
Dude on the left is HUNG! lol
Prince blacula reminds me of this judge I knew growing up. Judge Spencer didn't wear a cape but I believe he could've totally pulled it off without looking silly 😎
😃😀😄
Boy oh boy where did these times go....good stuff here
@Dead Meat ‘s Kill Count got me here
Complete Soul at it's best!!!! This shit is electrifying. Black folks looking amazing with nice Afro's and all, what the fuc happened to us?
LMAO...but true
It just went out of style
She tore this up you felt the soul and her moves were right on
All right now 👁️ ILOVEIT 😉👌🏾💞💞💞 that's what I'm talkin about
my 5 yr old son can sing and do this whole choreography haha my mom played this song now he's stuck with it
@Coa
Yesssss❗
Timeless grooviness❗ 🙂
Blacula is AWESOME❗
The group that recorded Rock the Boat!!!!!!!!!! This movie scared me as a child🤦🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️😂😂😂😂
Not a cellphone in sight. Everybody living in the moment. ❤
because it was 1972
The actor that plays Blacula was on pee wee's playhouse. He played the king of cartoons.
That was a time when black was simply beautiful!!
We fell short when we started to adhere to another race's standards. We were fine being just who we were, and I'm not talking about broken down language and being poor.
Black is still beautiful. Black was NEVER ugly.
@@keithbaucum7156 true! But today there's no sense of black pride, A dark skinned woman isn't as popular as a light skinned one, but it's changing back
@@keithbaucum7156 Right on! ✊🏾
That is so very true
Everytime I see this scene/song I’m thinking about Big Skillet! One of the most underrated characters from Blacula
I agree Skillets personalities captivating just like the other actors I wish there were more movies with them in there. But is one movie producent directed by Jules Dassin which Skillet in there. About some black revolutionaries and among them is in a Informer and the whole movie is based on finding out who it was and why and why he let the movement down interesting piece you can mad about 1967-68
Skillet actually was the toothless guy that Eddie Murphy shoots as a kid in Harlem Nights.
If that’s him then he was in a movie about slavery where he let black slave catchers have it
@@erikerikmoore whatttt!? 😆 🤣 😂
@@georgeplagianos6487 The movie you're talking about is " UPTIGHT" which also starred Max Julien and Dick Williams ( The Mack), Raymond St.Jaques and the great Roscoe Lee Browne.Big Skillet also played a rebellious slave in Mandingo....the speech he gave before being hung is one of all time favorites in movie history.
It's funny how non-musical films sometimes have GREAT musical interludes like this one. Think Lauren Bacall singing "Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" in "The Big Sleep", Dooley Wilson singing "As Time Goes By" in "Casablanca", and Angela Lansbury warbling "Little Yellow Bird" in "The Picture of Dorian Gray".
Curtis Mayfield in Superfly is one of the all time great musical interludes.
Show me another horror movie with a musical piece this fine.
This movie looks awesome! I used to have the soundtrack and loved it but I didn't realize the movie was good too. I love Vonetta Mcgee.
This song wasn't on the soundtrack i bought.😟😵
Denise Michaels with her beautiful Blackpower hair cut ! She's so perfect ! I only have to say, Black is beautiful man !
Carlos de Lima Denise Nicholas is a beautiful woman....can look at her all day...those eyes 👀
You are completly right !
Carlos de Lima Right on my Brotha 😎👍👍
Brother on the dance floor in the brown outfit was groovin wasn't he?😂Hey this scene was funky with the look the other way DONT LET HIM FOLLOW YOU Spooky ass hell
hahaha hahaha hahaha he was gettin
Are you talking about the scene at 1:35? If so, check out 2:16.
R.I.P
Vonetta McGee William Marshall Thalamus Rasulala
I love the dance she does at 0:55 in the video 😂👏🏾
It was a great decade. So much happening in music
I love everything about this scene... I miss those 70s!
love this song dude had me cracking up at 2:18 dude who snapped dancing im like get it lol
I own the dvd. Love this movie
Actually I love this 1972 Hues Corporation song There He Is Again from the movie Blacula
I wish I could pop like that dude on the dance floor. WATCH OUT!!
Just love this movie blacula
I still watch this movie. Love it 😀 😍 ❤
I liked this song. It was perfect for this scene. I wouldn't mind at all if I was under Mamuwalde's spell. William Marshall was so handsome and he had such a captivating smile.
Girl, check yourself! You are captivated by Mamuwalde's carefully cultivated charm & his cape! Listen to the Hughes Corporation, they are hip to him!
@@markbarret6836 While William Marshall is indeed handsome, my comment was a lighthearted one. If you had a sense of humor you would know that. Check yourself, boy!
❤❤❤Love this
Real classic movie
This is how folks got down back in the day😅...sorry I was born in 1979..after disco😅
Saturday Night Fever was right in there, however...highest selling soundtrack at that time.
One of the earliest disco groups!
best movie ever made by black producers
S0NNy Gaming Wow. And what does that say?
Did you mean that as denigration? Because this movie is fucking painfully bad.
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN WITH THAT RACIST COMMENT YOU MADE?
YOU WHITE FOLKS MAD SOME FUCKED UP BULLSHIT MOVIES JUST AS WELL
S0NNy Gaming Shut up saltine.
WoW, here is someone appreciating (black) art and what do you people do?? spreading hate, omg! Anyways i´m really looking forward to the remake, heard Nick Cage is going to play Blacula PS: Stop the hate
@@georgsucher5028 preach datruth brotha😎
Dam vonetta McGee was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. God rest her soul.
Too bad Rock The Boat wasn’t out yet, they could have sang that one too👍🏻
The Lady is wearing that micro miniDress huh💥
Woman from hues corporation looks like pam from Martin
Yes, she does
Que canción tan pegadiza!! Excelente trío y gran filme!!
Natural black beauty wow
Hues Corporation has that 1972 feel to it
Once upon a time, there was a COOL AMERICA. Fashion, dancing, and music
Love the Hues Cooperation on Blacular Movie.
Loved this movie as a kid, this scene started my love for that soul/funk sound.
This is just so good
Hey, this is a great movie from 1972, and the music is superb throughout. This scene is wonderful.
just saw this movie for the first time today
So glad I came into the world in 1968 by the 70s blaxplotation flicks were already coming in
i miss william marshall my favorite star
I love this film dearly
William Marshall and Robert Quarry were great as Blackula and Count Yorga ❤🎭🎵
Love this song. This just came to my mind as I was watching this. Has there ever been an episode about them on TVOne's Unsung? There definitely should be.
yes its a very hauntng song. and lead singer is the best and pretty . she sends chills up my spine. I find it funny that the dancers in the audience really weren't too much in the grove with the beat here except for the shorter guy in the brown outfit really got electrified with the music . l wonder why. during the movie unlikely interaction of the actors with each other actors so well with each other. And during the song we couldn't help but notice singer on the left side how tight his pants were. We all couldn't help but notice the extension of his manhood
Are you blind? You didn't see the girl with the red top and micro mini at 2:22? She was Fierce!!!
🙂
That song is awesome hues corporation bro amazing 70s group
Super talent!
William Marshall never had to over act He was a natural 🦇✌☮
I feel the same way I felt back then. It feel like they through that song together at the last minute. Still a great movie. The female vampire in the morgue…. Still makes my heart jump. I could not sleep for weeks
Rock the boat!
I used to get my Neighbor friend and we would perform this dance for everybody on our street, and I recorded the song with a cassette tape from the TV
Now that was a great movie to
Someone please come back with a update version
Awesome, Groovy 💕
ps she sounds n looks like Penny Ford
2:17 Brother in the upper right is losing his mind.
That Rock The Boat was a timeless cut!!!!
I’m fascinated by the influence that black Los Angeles had on us culturally during the 70’s. Obviously Hollywood played a role but Soul Train and Motown moving there as well. Groups like Hues Corporation got a lot of play with “Rock The Boat”...
I respect the African American Singers
I love it! And the movie! Classic! ❤🎭❤🎵
Hahahaaaa yooo Karl Russell,far left is my great uncle&omw go see him rite now.Doing well&still working on his house&cars here in Columbus,Ohio.He gave me my nicc name "FACE" when I was 2yrs old.
Was this an actual hit? This is a really good song.
Coolest shit ever
"BOY HOW GROOVY U WERE." -Ritchie Havens
the groups the Hues corporation ( rock the boat).