Westland Theater Newspaper Advertisement Canceling the Screening of Joe Louis’s film “Spirit of Youth”
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Westland Theatre newspaper advertisement announcing that "Wide Open Faces," staring Jane Wyman would be shown in place of the "Joe Louis Picture," thus demonstrating that the management of the Westland Theatre had canceled the Saturday and Sunday screenings of "Spirit of Youth."
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Portsmouth NAACP Protests Jim Crow at the Westland Theater
Capitalizing on Joe Louis's new won fame, Hollywood movie director Harry L. Fraser would cast Louis to star in "The Spirit of Youth," which told the story of the boxer's rise from poverty and obscurity to world champion and Jazz Age celebrity life.…