Reflections, Perceptions and Misconceptions of Black Culture in Film
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…
Read MoreDetails: 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…
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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…
Read MoreDetails 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…
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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…
Read MoreYear of Release: 1921 Genre: Drama Rating: N/A Director: Roy Calnek Studio: Superior Arts Productions Black & White Silent Cast: Anna Lou Allen, Clifford Harris, Laurence McGuire, Don Pierson Details: A married man tricks a naïve young girl into a false marriage and then is denounced by his real wife. According to a review in an…
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