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Directed by:
Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960  Search this
Written by:
Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969  Search this
Produced by:
Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960  Search this
Distributed by:
Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979  Search this
Subject of:
Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969  Search this
Zack Williams, American, 1884 - 1958  Search this
Laura Bowman, American, 1881 - 1957  Search this
Alfred Grant, American, 1912 - 1984  Search this
Daisy Bufford, American, 1913 - 1987  Search this
Jesse Graves, American, 1879 - 1949  Search this
Arthur Ray, American, 1888 - 1942  Search this
Earle Morris, American, born 1897  Search this
The Four Toppers, American  Search this
Medium:
acetate film, metal and cardboard
Dimensions:
Duration: 70 Minutes
Length (Film Reel 1): 1000 Feet
Length (Film Reel 2): 900 Feet
Type:
sound films
black-and-white films (visual works)
release prints (motion pictures)
feature films
16mm (photographic film size)
Place filmed:
United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
United States, North and Central America
Date:
1940
Description:
A 16mm release print of the feature film Son of Ingagi. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film (a) and (b) with variable-area optical sound. Two (2) metal film reels (c) and (d), and a film shipping box (e) also accompany the 16mm films. A pink and white label is taped onto the shipping box, with ["SON OF INGAGI"/ +/ "LYING LIPS"/ (SAFETY)] handwritten onto it in black ink; [WALD TRANSFER & STORAGE CO.] is printed on the bottom of the label in pink uppercase letters. There are three (3) other labels on the shipping box, all of which are blue and white. Two (2) of the other labels also have information handwritten onto them.
The film opens with a couple, Eleanor (Daisy Bufford) and Bob Lindsay (Alfred Grant), getting married inside a church. On their way out of the church, they are greeted by Mr. Bradshaw (Earle Morris), a divorce attorney, who congratulates them on their nuptials. Shortly after, two other individuals, Dr. Helen Jackson (Laura Bowman) and Detective Nelson (Spencer Williams), join Mr. Bradshaw. The rest of the film follows Dr. Jackson’s attempt to conceal a creature she brought back from a recent trip to Africa.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Domestic life  Search this
Film  Search this
Race films  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
Object number:
2015.167.18.1a-e
Restrictions & Rights:
No known copyright restrictions
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Film and Video
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59ad69fd2-7f52-4695-bf38-acd6246289ac
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.167.18.1a-e