Director: William D. Foster Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Lottie Grady, Jerry Mills, Kid Brown, Bill Cole Review: The story deals with a young wife who, thinking her husband had gone out ‘his fun’, invited a fashionably dressed hap, who was a waiter at one...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Anna Holt, Howard Kelly, Edgar Wilson Synopsis: The Barber focuses on a customer in a barbershop by the name of John Willis. John speaks loudly about wanting to find a Spanish music teacher for his wife. One of the...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Gladys Williams, Robert Earl Jones, Carman Newsome, Edna Mae Harris, Vera Burrelle, Eddie Lemons, Columbus Jackson, Laura Bowman, Madeline Donegan, Amanda Randolph, Robert Paquin, O. W. Polk, Charles...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Thomas Sigismund Stribling (novel), Oscar Micheaux Starring: Laura Bowman, Tom Dillon, Columbus Jackson, Herbert E. Jelley, Carman Newsome, S. O. Moses, Alec Lovejoy, Trixie Smith, Hazel Lisz, Ida Forsyne, John Ward, C. R. Chace,...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Cora Green, Larry Seymour, Hazel Diaz, Alec Lovejoy, Carman Newsome, Amanda Randolph, Trixie Smith, Nat Reed, Sammy Gardiner, Dorothy Van Engle, Doli Armena, Columbus Jackson, George R. Taylor, Leon Gross,...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux (adapted from Naomi, Negress!) Starring: Jacqueline Lewis, Ethel Moses, Alice B. Russell, Trixie Smith, Charles Thompson, Carman Newsome, Gloria Press, Alec Lovejoy, Columbus Jackson, Laura Bowman, Sam Patterson,...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Andrew Bishop, Ethel Moses, Lorenzo Tucker, Hilda Rogers, Alfred ‘Slick’ Chester, Lillian Fitzgerald, Raymond Kaalund, Taft Rice, Howard Babin, Dorothy Burr, Bobby Hargreaves and His Kit Kat Club...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Edna Mae Baker (novel ‘Chicago After Midnight’) Starring: Bee Freeman, Sol Johnson, ‘Slick’ Chester, Ethel Moses, Oscar Polk, Lorenzo Tucker, Dottie Salters, The Pope Sisters, Bobby Hargreaves, Larry Seymour,...
Director: J. Elder Wills Writer(s): Claude Wallace, Dorothy Holloway, Ingram D’Abbes, Fenn Sherie, Michael Barringer, Philip Lindsay Starring: Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Esme Percy, Robert Adams, James Solomon, Tony Wane, Ronald Simpson, George Mozart, Jenny...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Clarence Brooks, Dorothy Van Engle, Andrew Bishop, Alec Lovejoy, Laura Bowman, Bee Freeman, Oscar Micheaux, Eunice Wilson, Lorenzo McClane, David Hanna, “Slick” Chester, Lionel Monagas, Alice B....
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Lawrence Chenault, ‘Slick’ Chester, A.B. DeComathiere, Bee Freeman, Bee Freeman, Rex Ingram, Sol Johnson, Count Le Shine, Pearl McCormack, Oscar Micheaux, Carlton Moss, Sam Patterson, Alice B....
Director: Dudley Murphy Writer(s): Eugene O’Neill, DuBose Heyward Starring: Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington, Ruby Elzy, George Haymid Stamper, Brandon Evans, Taylor Gordon, Billie Holiday, Rex Ingram, James P. Johnson, Moms Mabley,...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Frank L. Wilson, Babe Townsend, Bea Freeman, Pearl McCormack, Carlton Moss Synopsis: “This feature deals with the theme of a perfect murder and in telling how it is solved holds intense and intriguing moments...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux (story and adaptation) Starring: Grace Smith, Carl Mahon, Eunice Brooks, Starr Calloway, Edwin Cary, Minto Cato, ‘Slick’ Chester, Chick Evans, John Everett, Buddy Harris, Juano Hernandez, Alice B. Russell,...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux (adaptation and story) Starring: Lawrence Chenault, A.B. DeComathiere, Laura Bowman, Willor Lee Guilford, Tressie Mitchell, Mabel Garrett, Carl Mahon, Galle De Gaston, George Williams, Lorenzo Tucker, William A....
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Charles W. Chesnutt (novel), Oscar Micheaux Starring: Lucille Lewis, Walter Fleming, Laura Bowman, Lawrence Chenault, Lorenzo Tucker, Carl Mahon, Barrington Guy, Willor Lee Guilford, Bernardine Mason, Aurora Edwards, Mabel...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Unknown Synopsis: Unknown. It is assumed that it was another night club review film. Release Date: 1932 (USA) | Length: Unknown | Genre: Drama | MPAA Rating: NR *Note: I found no other information about this...
Director: Oscar Micheaux, Leonard Harper (dance and ensemble) Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux (novel, screenplay) Starring: Eunice Brooks, Stanley Morrell, Celeste Cole, Kathleen Noisette, Charles R. Moore, Nora Newsome, George Randol, A.B. DeComathiere, Carl Mahon, Lou...
Director: Oscar Micheaux, Leonard Harper (dances and ensembles) Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Celeste Cole, Amon Davis, Donald Heywood, Sara Martin, Tim Moore, Andrew Tribble Synopsis: The film included choral singing and several vaudeville acts, including...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: William A. Clayton Jr., Willor Lee Guilford, Richard B. Harrison, Alice B. Russell, Lorenzo Tucker Synopsis: Con artists try to trick an old man out of his life savings. Release Date: Aug 01, 1930 (USA) |...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux, Henry F. Downing (novel The American Cavalryman) Starring: Kathleen Noisette, Loretta Tucker, Salem Tutt Whitney, Willor Lee Guilford, Roland C. Irving, Joe Byrd, Wilhelmina Williams, Clarence Redd, Alice B. Russell,...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Kathleen Noisette, William A. Clayton Jr., Bessie Givens, Gertrude Snelson, Lorenzo Tucker, Ethel Smith, Alice B. Russell Synopsis: The film details the plight of a young woman who falls in love and marries...
Director: William D. Foster Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Ford Lee Washington and John Sublette (as Buck & Bubbles), Beulah Hall, Emmett King Synopsis: Unknown Release Date: September 15, 1929 (USA) | Length: 13 min | Genre: Comedy | Rating: NR Note: I can’t...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Lorenzo Tucker, William A. Clayton Jr., Kathleen Noisette, Rudolph Hind, Gertrude Snelson, Ethel Smith, Alice B. Russell, Ione McCarthy, Bessie Givens Synopsis: After his mother dies, African-American motion...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux (adaptation, play; short story “House of Mystery”) Starring: William A. Clayton Jr., Ardelle Dabney, Salem Tutt Whitney, J. Homer Tutt, Alice B. Russell, Ike Paul, Daisy Foster, Gertrude Snelson, Boots...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux (adaptation), Henry F. Downing (short story “The Tangle”) Starring: William Edmonson, A.B. DeComathiere, Ardelle Dabney, Gertrude Snelson, Mabel Kelly, Madame Robinson Synopsis: George Eldridge Van Paul,...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Grace Smith, Laurence Criner, Lionel Monagas, Cleo Desmond, William Edmondson, Vera Bracker, S.T. Jacks, E.G. Tatum, Robert S. Abbott Synopsis: Pelham Guitry, a black soldier of fortune, goes to Argentina,...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Charles W. Chesnutt (novel “The Conjure Woman”), Oscar Micheaux (adaptation) Starring: Evelyn Preer, Lawrence Chenault, Percy Verwayen, Alma Sewell, Sidney Easton Synopsis: Adapted from Charles Chestnutt’s book...
Director: Richard E. Norman Writer(s): Richard E. Norman Starring: Laurence Criner, Kathryn Boyd, Boise De Legge, Harold Platts, George Colvin, Sam Jordan, R.L. Brown, Steve Reynolds, Lyons Daniels Synopsis: A veteran World War I fighter pilot returns home a war hero...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Paul Robeson, Marshall Rogers, Lawrence Chenault, Chester A. Alexander, Walter Conick, Lillian Johnson, Madame Robinson, Julia Theresa Russell, Tom Fletcher, Mercedes Gilbert Synopsis: An escaped prisoner...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Evelyn Preer, Lawrence Chenault, Edward Thompson, Percy Verwayen Synopsis: In Harlem, a beautiful, vain African-American girl falls in love with a degenerate man. She is not able to reform him and is herself...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Salem Tutt Whitney, Amy Birdsong Synopsis: The film offers a harsh parody on the rise and fall of Marcus Garvey, the Black nationalist and pan-Africanist leader. Release Date: 1925 (USA) | Length: Unknown |...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Charles W. Chesnutt (novel), Oscar Micheaux (adaptation) Starring: Shingzie Howard, Andrew Bishop, Lawrence Chenault, Alma Sewell, Douglass Griffin, William Crowell, Oliver Hill Synopsis: Rena, a beautiful mulatto woman, who passes...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Andrew Bishop, Lawrence Chenault, Shingzie Howard, Edna Morton, Emmet Anthony, Monte Hawley, Ida Anderson, E. G. Tatum, Dink Stewart, W. B. F. Crowell, Olivia Sewall, Mildred Smallwood, Blanche Thompson,...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Thomas Sigismund Stribling (novel), Oscar Micheaux Starring: J. Homer Tutt, Evelyn Preer, Salem Tutt Whitney, Lawrence Chenault, William Crowell, Alec Lovejoy, Ethel Moses, Carman Newsome Synopsis: A young black Harvard graduate...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Louise Borden, William Fountaine, Shingzie Howard Synopsis: The film focused on a young black man who joins the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and becomes a hero by rescuing a captive mixed-race woman from a...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Charles W. Chesnut (novel Behind the Hills)** Starring: Evelyn Preer, William Fountaine, Norman Johnstone, A.B. DeComathiere, Cleo Desmond, Louis De Bulger, Mabel Young, Cornelius Watkins, Kathryn Boyd, Ira O. McGowan, Lewis...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Evelyn Preer, Edward R. Abrams, Lawrence Chenault, Louis De Bulger, E.G. Tatum, Mattie Wilkes, Bessie Bearden, Ethel Williams, J. Edwin Brown, Mabel Young, Hattie Christian, Ethel Watts, George Russel, W.D....
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: William Fountaine, Shingzie Howard, J. Kenneth Goodman, William Crowell, Earle Browne Cook, Blanche Thompson, Alma Sewell Synopsis: Myrtle Downing, a beautiful young lady, is engaged to Stephen Cameron, a...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: William Fountaine, Shingzie Howard Synopsis: The film is a drama about the contents of a last will and testament left behind by an African American sharecropper who was lynched after being falsely accused of...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Iris Hall, Walker Thompson, Lawrence Chenault, Mattie Wilkes, Louis Dean, Leigh Whipper, Jim Burris, E.G. Tatum, James Burrough, George Catlin Synopsis: Racists learn that the land a negro owns lies over a...
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Evelyn Preer, A.B. DeComathiere, Sam Langford, Susie Sutton, Lawrence Chenault, Laura Bowman, Mattie Edwards, Alice Gorgas, Virgil Williams, Marty Cutler, Flo Clements, Lewis Schooler, Harry Plater, E.G....
Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements, James D. Ruffin, Jack Chenault, William Smith, Charles D. Lucas, Bernice Ladd, Mrs. Evelyn, William Stark, Mattie Edwards, Ralph Johnson, E.G. Tatum, Grant Edwards, Grant Gorman,...
Director: Oscar Micheaux, Jeremy Mills Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux (novel) Starring: Charles D. Lucas, Evelyn Preer, Iris Hall, Inez Smith, Vernon S. Duncan, Charles R. Moore, Trevy Woods, William George Synopsis: Jean Baptists, a homesteader far off in the Dakotas is...
Director: William D. Foster Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Unknown Synopsis: Unknown Release Date: 1913 (USA) | Length: Unknown | Genre: Comedy | Rating: NR Note: I can’t find any other info on this film and am declaring it lost. This film was also produced by...
Director: William D. Foster Writer(s): Unknown Starring: William D. Foster, Lottie Grady, Edgar Litterson, Jerry Mills Synopsis: The plot of The Railroad Porter revolves around a wife who, after not seeing her husband come home at his regular time, assumes that she...
Director: William D. Foster Writer(s): Unknown Starring: Unknown Synopsis: The folly of a youth comes home… Comes home twenty years after one of his deadly sins. Release Date: 1911 (USA) | Length: Unknown | Genre: Comedy | Rating: NR Note: I can’t find any...
Director: William Selig Writer(s): William Selig Starring: Gertie Brown, Saint Suttle Synopsis: In Something Good, a well-dressed African American couple exchange several kisses. Between kisses they hold and swing each other hands and laugh together. The chemistry...
