Crazy to think it was ####50#### years ago that Slaves was playing in theaters! It was released in May 1969. Stephen Boyd and Dionne Warwick were in Baltimore for the premiere. Naturally, Baltimore was chosen for the premiere as an influential African American city. The producer of Slaves, Herbert Biberman, had been blacklisted for years in Hollywood. This was his first film since. His wife, Gale Sondergaard, was also blacklisted, and she appears in a minor role as an elderly woman at the slave sale, questioning Nathan McKay( Stephens character) #stephenboyd #ossiedavis #dionnewarwick #robertkyahill #slaves1969 #slavery #uncletomscabin #harrietbeecherstowe #slavesploitation @dionnewarwickarchive
