repertory

While a chain like Alamo Drafthouse is widely known for its repertory screenings and special series, seeing older films run at AMC as frequently as they do now is relatively new.

As a young man he earned a scholarship to Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art — one of Britain’s leading drama schools — and soon began performing at repertory theaters.

After completing his studies, he set out on the grinding local repertory circuit that was the training ground for all aspiring actors in the 1950s.

“Harlem” is an acoustical enrapturement of the legendary Harlem Renaissance and one of the great symphonic portraits of a place in the repertory.

The repertory is taken from the earlier group’s old recordings.