Drums Of The Desert (1940) | Mantan Moreland in Action 

I love watching Mantan in even the crummiest low budget movie.. Pretty cool to see him in some serious scenes in this one. He could act and not just do comedy. Talented man. Highly underused.

I enjoyed watching Mantan in the Charlie Chan series and in any other movies he's acted in. He certainly steals the show!

Love these old low budget adventure flicks. I reeeally wanted to see more of Mantan Moreland, though, he steals any film he's in.

Once again Mantan Moreland makes the movie!!! What a GREAT role he plays! As much as I like his funny movies 🎥 I think this was a great blend of humor and hero!!!!! I just may have a new favorite MM movie!!! Thanks for posting!

love anything with Mantan in it

To my delite I descovered Mantan Moreland on a O.T.A. channel a few years back and tried to catch a movie of his whenever I could . I am new to streaming movies , now I can watch as many as I want back to back . I love this guy , so much talent . He does it all . 😊😊😊Peace & Prosper😊😊😊

Manthan Moreland greatest role definitely!

Never saw this one- loved it!

He wound reopened when befored he jumped out of the plane. Poor soul fantastic movie. Mantan is great in this movie. Love his movies keeps you laughing. Wish we had great movies like this now. These actors had pure talent.

enjoy watching moreland great actor

Mr Moreland cracks me up every time.

This one made me cry...😢 Manatan was such an all around good actor. Very versatile. Thank you for sharing your talent Manatan! Those Southern Gentleman always bring their A-Game!😉😁

👍👍👍👍🍷. Good to see Ralph Byrd ( "Dick Tracy" ) in this one as well as Mr.Moreland.

This was extremely enjoyable. Thank you.

Mantan Moreland was a comic genius.

An enjoyable romp nice to see Mantan Moreland playing a role that gives him more to do than run around acting scared.Thanks for posting.

Edward Kay sure comes up with great Musical Scores. I absolutely love the Musical Score that he did for, "King of the Zombies"!!! I love, love, love it, and Edward Kay even got an Academy Award for that score !

Enjoy Mantan movies

Everybody loves "Jefferson"!! (Mantan Moreland) He was great in the Zombie Movies, too! His character is what makes these Movies!!

the Sengalese Paratroopers distinguish themselves on the field of battle!

If you love watching Mantan Moreland and enjoy him, then boy you have got to see him in "King of the Zombies" you will love it, cuz he's hilarious in that !

Mantan Moreland was hilarious with F. E. Miller in 'Lucky Ghost". Great movie to watch on Halloween!

Mantan Moreland was very talented.

51:57 "I don't guess you seen one'a these before, but in Harlem we calls'em a PERSUADER" Great line. Also dig the swag of his use of the straight razor.... presentation (item)...cleansing (the ease of his wrist swipe on the 1rst pass against his shoe sole.) and re-iteration ...Mantan has a little Street GRIT behind the illusion of them buggin'-ass eyes of his.

Love the thumbnail with the Moors in it! We have always been here on this land at America. Much peace to all!

Good performance 👍

Great movie.When cruise ships had class .

Salutes to the Senegalese soldiers.

Love Mantan Moreland. On a side note...I have done some skydiving. Today we use the parachute wings. The old round ones used in WW2 could not be guided or at least were hard to guide. The newer ones can be steared.

They use show movies like this before cable on independent stations

Drums IN the desert!

Meatball and Egghead I was dead

Mantan Moreland: Although his “brand “ of comedy is not accepted today, back in the day, this was really the only way to do it. He was EXTREMELY talented. Not just a comedian, but full Entertainer❗️ I have several of his movies, [ and all of the Charlie Chan movies]. I’ve seen clips from other tv shows, too. I think his last appearance was on an episode of Adam 12 (?). I also love watching old “B” [ and “B-“, an some “C” movies, too]. 📻🙂

Mantan Moreland playing a non comical role. One that showed his ability to have flexible skills. Thought of The Tuskegee Airmen when I saw this.

Wow!

Lovely Story, well done all players ❤

Mantan Moreland is my favorite!!!

Outstanding

The dancing scene is a cut from The Legion of Missing Men.

I love watching Martin movies especially in Charlie Chan movies

very nice surprise

This flick would have been a piss-poor melodrama if not for Mantan Moreland and his fellow paratroopers. It turned out to be a fine Saturday afternoon matinee film.

a very entertaining movie, made much more entertaining by the great Mantan Moreland. 😄😄👍👍👍

A thank you

Say reeblack, being the historian that you are, I know you're familiar with the early black comedy team of Miller and Lyles. They made some films in the late 1920s. Do you have access to any of them?

Just how it was then😎😩✌

C-130 rolling down the strip, airborne daddy bout to take a lil trip, stand-up hook-up shuffle to the door, jump right out and count to four, if my main don't open wide, I've gotta reserve by my side, and if my reserve fails me too, airborne daddy gonna lose his cool...

Never had any training but their going to jump out of a plane.😀

The French Steward is playing all the angles.😂 I can't count to 10 , but I doz real good up to 6 😅PRICELESS😅

I'm fired

His big bulging eyes look funny!

Maintain (Mantan) doesn't appear till 20 minute mark

Moroccans with parachutes .... in 1940 ? DUUUUHHH

Ralph Byrd played DickTracy in the movies when I was a kid..Way back when..Good Old Days..

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Report to LT? At 30,000ft? good luck with that

Mantan was such a unique character 😂 disgusting his name never appeared first at the beginning of movies 👎 cheers Stephen 🤠✌️,🍀

Mantan was better and more funnier than Stepin Fetchit and Rochester.

What Senegalese accent is this south of Dakar I guess🤣🤣🤣

20;00 Is that Jack Bennys' "Rochester"???

Thr script was terrible as usual, but worst was the line's they gave the black men they were a insult. Typical ✊☘️

Jeez, racism.

I was looking to lose myself in a "regular" black and white and of course, my feed brings up this because I follow you guys. Kudos to Mantan for the times, but this is sickening. Truth is, many old films are hard to watch as an adult..... You realize that "My Girl Friday" is about saving a policeman from shooting a black man, you realize in "Little Princess" you are rooting for a man and his daughter who own diamond holdings in Africa and who is fighting a war that should not have existed in South Africa. ...You ask yourself why is Humphrey Bogart in so many countries, yet you rarely see the natives - at least saying anything. The mere fact that this is your channel makes me have to think about what I am looking at.

As much as I try to enjoy these old films, the racial discrimination is sickening to the point I'm embarrassed to be associated with the "white" race.