Independent Race Films – Black Cinema Connection

The Secret Sorrow

By: blackcinemaconnection December 4, 2020November 28, 2020

Independent Race FilmsBlack & White, SilentLeave a Comment

Details Release Date: 10/1/1921 Genre: Drama Rating: N/A Studio: Reol Productions Corp. Writer: S. C. Brown Black & White Silent Cast George Edward Brown, Percy Verwayen, Edna Morton, Lawrence Chenault, Inez Clough, Ida Anderson Synopsis Anne Morgan, a poverty-stricken woman decides to give up one of her two sons to a prominent doctor willing to…

The Lure Of A Woman

By: blackcinemaconnection December 2, 2020January 16, 2021

Independent Race FilmsBlack & White, Lost Film, SilentLeave a Comment

Release Date: 8/21/1921 Genre: Drama Rating: NR Director: J.M. Simms Studio: Progress Picture Association Running Time: 75 mins. B&W Silent Cast: John Cobb, Regina Cohee, Dr. A. Porter Davis, Lenore Jones, Alonzo Nixon, Regina Taylor Details: According to information in the George P. Johnson Collection at the UCLA Special Collections Library, this was the first…

The Colored American Winning His Suit

By: blackcinemaconnection November 29, 2020November 28, 2020

Independent Race FilmsBlack & White, Drama, Frederick Douglass Film Company, Lost Film, SilentLeave a Comment

Details: Year of Release: 1916 Genre: Drama Rating: N/A Runtime: Unknown Silent Black & White Studio: Frederick Douglass Film Company Cast: Thomas M. Mosley (Bob Winall) Ida Askins (Alma Elton) Florence Snead (Bessie Winall) Marshall Davies (Jim Sample) F. King (Mr. Hinderus) Fred Leighton (Colonel Goodwill) Synopsis: Freed from slavery after the Civil War, the…

The Burden of Race

By: blackcinemaconnection July 12, 2020

Independent Race FilmsEdna Morton, Lawrence Chenault, Lost Film, Percy Verwayen, Reol Productions, SilentLeave a Comment

Details Year of Release: 1921 Genre: Drama Rating: N/A Runtime: Unknown Black & White Silent Studio: Reol Productions Producer: Robert Lévy Director: Unknown Studio: Reol Productions Cast Percy Verwayen Edna Morton Lawrence Chenault Elizabeth Williams Mabel Young Arthur Ray Synopsis A young college student who excels both academically and athletically falls in love with a…

Giant Of His Race, A

By: blackcinemaconnection July 12, 2020

Independent Race FilmsLost Film, Mabel Holmes, Ruth Freeman, SilentLeave a Comment

Details Year of Release: 1921 Genre: Drama Rating: N/A Runtime: mins. Black & White Silent Studio: North State Film Corporation, Norman Film Manufacturing Co. Director: Ben Strasser Cast Mabel Holmes, Walter Holeby, Walter Long, Ruth Freeman Synopsis Covington, the son of a slave, works his way through medical school, and upon graduating, devotes his life…

The Gunsaulus Mystery

By: blackcinemaconnection July 12, 2020July 12, 2020

Independent Race FilmsEvelyn Preer, Lawrence Chenault, Lem Hawkins' Confession, Lost Film, Murder in Harlem, Oscar Micheaux, SilentLeave a Comment

Details Year of Release: 1921 Genre: Drama Rating: N/A Runtime: Unknown Black & White Silent Studio: Micheaux Film Corp. Director & Producer: Oscar Micheaux Cast Lawrence Chenault (Anthony Brisbane) Evelyn Preer (Ida May Gilpin) Dick Abrams (Sidney Wyeth) Louis De Bulger (Lem Hawkins) Synopsis Myrtle Gunsaulus, a young African-American girl, is found murdered in the…