Melinda (1972)

A clip from this out of print classic about a radio DJ who must solve the murder of a woman he's recently started dating. Starring Calvin Lockhart and Vonetta McGhee. Also features a brief appearance by Jim Kelly.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• blaxploitation
• Calvin
• Lockhart
• Vonetta
• McGhee
• murder
• radio
• DJ
• Jim
• Kelly

[DVL32]

She looks just like Beyonce from 4:25-4:32

[dmovie27]

@DVL32 lol...Beyonce has nothing on her!

[arlenerogerswilhite]

Is Mr. Lockhart dead also? Man I didn't know Ms. McGee was dead either. Tis was one of the best Balck movies that they made! I loved his energy, when I saw him in the predator movie I was like hey that's calvin lockhart from Melinda, and people were like and...it then occurred to me, that these actors were not known to the new generation and that's so sad. I wish I could make them known to every black child on this earth!

[dmovie27]

@arlenerogerswilhite Thank you for such a nice comment. Yes, sadly Mr. Lockhart passed away a few years ago. Hopefully this film will be cleaned up and released one day. It is a shame that these films have been kept away from not one but a few generations of black children. They probably could've had a positive influence and made a difference. There's a LOT of films Mr. Lockhart did that many people don't know about. He wasn't just Biggie Smalls.

[taylor4660]

@dmovie27  Calvin was before his time....he, Ron O Neal and Billy Dee were underutilized....Most of the actors/actresses like Calvin/Billy/Ron were classically trained theater performers who had liitle or no options after the early/mid 70s era Hollywood passed on them...

[dmovie27]

@taylor4660 Yes very true. A lot was lost sadly by not utilizing their talents more, but we have to be grateful just the same for what we did get. Sometimes it's not about quantity, but quality.

[sher3394]

Vonetta McGee was so pretty...Calvin Lockhart was fine honey...

[dmovie27]

The legendary Vonetta McGhee (1945-2010)

I'll miss you lady. Thanks for making my world a little brighter! Much LOVE always and forever!

[TheRubberduck36]

I have not seen this movie since I was a young teenager in Brooklyn, New York and went to the movies to see it!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!! Do you have the full version???? I'd love to see it!!!!!

[djbigpean]

@arkansoul And also she plays as Gina's mother of the show "Martin"!!

[Bullszz5]

After Shaft and Superfly, this is my favorite 'blaxploitation' movie, and I've been waiting impatiently for an official dvd release for years. I taped an edited version off the TNT channel late one night on VHS about 15 years ago, but it has since deterioted and is no longer watchable..It was released by MGM, which means Warner Bros owns it now. It wasn't a big box office hit which may explain why WB hasn't released it yet. Hopefully it will be released soon on their Warner Archive Collection !

[mrlove1961]

Man I didn't know Vonetta was gone, she was the first crush I ever had on a movie star back in the 70's, what a beauty she was.

[Firelogger]

@arkansoul True. REAL HAIR, REAL NAILS REAL WOMEN.

[arkansoul]

@Firelogger Those ladies back then were more beautiful than these ladies are now...to me. They were natural.

[mrtimstewartmorris]

OMG!!! I remember this movie, it was very good and yes Calvin Lockhart was ahead of his time.

[Firelogger]

@arkansoul Yes I remeber her telling Lamont to get the chicken out of the fridge. The same episode when he got his own place, and Lynn Hamilton (the same actress who played Donna Harris) was his landlord.

[arkansoul]

@Firelogger She was also "Diamond's" mom on The Player's Club, as well as on of Lamont Sanford's girlfriends on Sanford and Son...the lovely Judyann Elder.

[lepoetress]

Never knew this movie exsisted. A lot of these movies are out of print, tied up in legal limbo or they can't find the rights/buy the right to re-release them. Looks like it was a good one.