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<html> <head> <title>Sparkle</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Sparkle <nobr>(1976)</nobr></b></font><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> Sam O'Steen<p><b>Writers:</b> <a href="/people/636/000032540/">Joel Schumacher</a>; Howard Rosenman<p><b>Music Composed and Scored by:</b> <a href="/people/284/000061101/">Curtis Mayfield</a><p><b>Producer:</b> Howard Rosenman<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/800/000083551/">Drama</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/half-star-20.png"><img src="/empty-star-20.png"></div><p><table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/035/000132636/"><font size=-1>Mary Alice</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Dec-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Matrix Revolutions</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/626/000025551/"><font size=-1>Irene Cara</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Mar-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Oh what a feeling</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/751/000131358/"><font size=-1>Dorian Harewood</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Aug-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Full Metal Jacket</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/464/000131071/"><font size=-1>Lonette McKee</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Jul-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Maggie Davis on <i>Third Watch</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/994/000024922/"><font size=-1>Philip Michael Thomas</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-May-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Det. Ricardo Tubbs on <i>Miami Vice</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>CAST</b></font><p><table border=0><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">starring</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/994/000024922/">Philip Michael Thomas</a></td><td> ... Stix</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/626/000025551/">Irene Cara</a></td><td> ... Sparkle</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/464/000131071/">Lonette McKee</a></td><td> ... Sister</td></tr><tr><td>Dwan Smith</td><td> ... Delores</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/035/000132636/">Mary Alice</a></td><td> ... Effie</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/751/000131358/">Dorian Harewood</a></td><td> ... Levi</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">and</font></td></tr><tr><td>Tony King</td><td> ... Satin</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">co-starring</font></td></tr><tr><td>Beatrice Winde</td><td> ... Mrs. Waters</td></tr><tr><td>Paul Lambert</td><td> ... Moe Gerber</td></tr><tr><td>Joyce Easton</td><td> ... Lee Gerber</td></tr><tr><td>Otis Day</td><td> ... Ham</td></tr><tr><td>Norma Miller</td><td> ... Doreen Baker</td></tr><tr><td>Talya Ferro</td><td> ... Miss Taylor</td></tr><tr><td>Robert W. Delegall</td><td> ... Mr. Daniels</td></tr><tr><td>Armelia McQueen</td><td> ... Tune Ann</td></tr><tr><td>Don Bexley</td><td> ... Bubbles Sweeney</td></tr><tr><td>Timmie Rogers</td><td> ... Comic M.C.</td></tr><tr><td>Ken Renard</td><td> ... Shimmy Dodson</td></tr><tr><td>John Hawker</td><td> ... Hotel Clerk</td></tr></table><p><p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><b>Review by Figueroa</b> (posted on 5-May-2008)<p>Best picture, sound track and storyline I have every watched in 1976 when I was a teenager. In fact, I feel that this movie is timeless! The only thing is that I wished the original soundtrack from the movie would have been released instead of having Aretha Franklin sing it. Don't get me wrong, the queen of soul is nice, but it would have been better since Lonette McKee and Irene Cara had such beautiful voices and I would have loved to have heard them instead of Franklin sing it since the movie was first rate! <p> <hr width=15% align=left><p><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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