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Claudine

1974, Movie, PG, 92 mins

Claudine: Review

It deserved much more attention than it received in 1974 — audiences not yet exposed to Good Times were probably not ready for a dramatic comedy about a impoverished black single mother of six (Diahann Carroll) struggling to make it in the inner-city. Carroll was nominated for an Oscar, James Earl Jones should have been and Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs went on to Welcome Back, Kotter. Music by Curtis Mayfield and Gladys Knight and the Pips. IPG; It deserved much more attention than it received in 1974 - audiences not yet exposed to "Good Times" were probably not ready for a dramatic comedy about a impoverished black single mother of six (Diahann Carroll) struggling to make it in the inner-city. Carroll was nominated for an Oscar, James Earl Jones should have been and Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs went on to "Welcome Back, Kotter." Read the complete review for Claudine