No Time for Romance is a 1948 musical directed by Corney Cook. The film was noted for having an all-Black cast and for being one of the few all-Black films to be filmed in color during the era.[1][2]
Plot
A struggling L.A. nightclub performer (Eunice Wilson) and bandleader (Austin McCoy) have a shot at success with their new song, "A Lovely Day."[3]
Byron Ellis and Louise Franklin as Byron and Beau Dance Team
Ray Martin as Ringer Gordon
Production
Shot in Burbank, California, for a budget of around $60,000,[4]No Time for Romance was intended to be the first feature of six produced by Norwanda Pictures, a motion picture company owned and operated by Black filmmakers.[5] However, it appears that the company folded shortly after making No Time for Romance, although the 1948 western Sun Tan Ranch—which features many of the same actors—appears to also have been a Norwanda Pictures production.[3][6][7][8]
Release
The film showed in a few Black theaters in Los Angeles but was mostly forgotten about until the producer's daughter discovered the film in the family attic in 1983.[3] The film was released on VHS in 1991.[3]
