Claudine (movie)

Claudine is a 1974 blaxploitation film produced by Third World FIlms and released to theatres by 20th Century Fox. Starring Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Claudine was written by Lester Pine and Tina Pine, and directed by John Berry.

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1974 - Blaxploitation - Film - 20th Century Fox - Diahann Carroll - James Earl Jones - Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs - Lester Pine - Tina Pine - John Berry

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The film tells the story of Claudine Price, a single Black Harlem mother, living on welfare with six children, who finds love with a garbage collector, Rupert Marshall. The pair's relationship becomes complicated because of a number of factors. Among these are that the couple do not want to marry because they would not be able to support the children without welfare, and that the kids themselves, particularly eldest son Charles (Hilton-Jacobs), are apprehensive of Rupert, and believe that he will leave their mother just like her previous husbands and boyfriends.

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Black - Harlem - Welfare

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Curtis Mayfield wrote and produced the film's score and soundtrack, the vocals for which are performed by Gladys Knight & the Pips. The Claudine soundtrack was released on the group's record label, Buddah Records, and the film's theme song, "On & On", was a #5 hit for Knight and the Pips on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart in 1974.

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Curtis Mayfield - Gladys Knight & the Pips - Buddah Records - Billboard - Pop Singles Chart

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For her role in the film, Diahann Carroll won the Golden Globe award for Best Actress, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

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Golden Globe - Academy Award for Best Actress

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