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Directed by:

Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951  Search this

Written by:

Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951  Search this

Produced by:

Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951  Search this

Subject of:

Eunice Brooks, American  Search this

Stanley Morrell  Search this

Celeste Cole, American, 1908 - 1984  Search this

Kathleen Noisette, American, 1903 - 1935  Search this

Charles R. Moore, American, 1893 - 1947  Search this

Nora Newsome, American, 1893 - 1987  Search this

George Elwood Randol, American, 1895 - 1973  Search this

A.B. DeComathiere, American, 1877 - 1940  Search this

Carl Mahon, American, 1906 - 1992  Search this

Lou Vernon, Australian, 1888 - 1971  Search this

Louise Cook  Search this

Ronald Holder, American, born 1911  Search this

Donald Heywood, American, 1896 - 1967  Search this

Owned by:

Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023  Search this

Medium:

acetate film

Dimensions:

Physical extent (film) (a): 1140 ft

Duration (a): 32 min.

Physical extent (film) (b): 1000 ft

Duration (b): 28 min.

Physical extent (film) (c): 700 ft

Duration (c): 19 min.

Type:

sound films

black-and-white films (visual works)

feature films

16mm (photographic film size)

Place filmed:

Greenwich Village, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted:

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

South Dakota, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1931

Topic:

African American  Search this

American West  Search this

Film  Search this

Literature  Search this

Race films  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser

Object number:

2012.79.1.30.1abc

Restrictions & Rights:

Public Domain

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Collection title:

Pearl Bowser Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53b918589-ab86-4c18-9355-a59b13022dee

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Directed by:

Harry L. Fraser, American, 1889 - 1974  Search this

Written by:

George Elwood Randol, American, 1895 - 1973  Search this

Produced by:

George Elwood Randol, American, 1895 - 1973  Search this

Ralph Cooper, American, 1908 - 1992  Search this

Subject of:

Ralph Cooper, American, 1908 - 1992  Search this

Cleo Herndon, American, 1908 - 1994  Search this

Clarence Brooks, American, 1896 - 1969  Search this

Jess Lee Brooks, American, 1894 - 1944  Search this

Samuel Rufus McDaniel, American, 1886 - 1962  Search this

Corny Anderson, American, 1897 - 1966  Search this

Rubeline Glover, American, 1911 - 1996  Search this

James Adamson, American, 1896 - 1956  Search this

Medium:

acetate film, cardboard, metal and nylon

Dimensions:

Duration (digital file): 1 hr., 9 min., 45 sec.

Physical extent (film) (reel 1): 1050 ft

Physical extent (film) (reel 2): 1300 ft

Type:

sound films

black-and-white films (visual works)

release prints (motion pictures)

feature films

16mm (photographic film size)

Place depicted:

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Place filmed:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1937

Topic:

African American  Search this

Actors  Search this

Film  Search this

Race films  Search this

Urban life  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman

Object number:

2015.167.5.1abc

Restrictions & Rights:

Public Domain

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Classification:

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50924722d-5fd0-41a5-8b99-148512dd023a

EDAN-URL:

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Directed by:

Arthur Dreifuss, German American, 1908 - 1993  Search this

Produced by:

George Elwood Randol, American, 1895 - 1973  Search this

Arthur Ray, American, 1888 - 1942  Search this

Distributed by:

Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979  Search this

Subject of:

Monte Hawley, American, 1901 - 1950  Search this

Jeni LeGon, American, 1916 - 2012  Search this

Edward Thompson, American, 1898 - 1960  Search this

Freddie Jackson, American, 1919 - 1995  Search this

Buck Woods, American, 1905 - 1974  Search this

Tom Southern, American, 1906 - 1980  Search this

Florence O'Brien, American, 1912 - 2006  Search this

Maceo Bruce Sheffield, American, 1897 - 1959  Search this

Vernon McCalla, Jamaican, 1905 - 1968  Search this

Flournoy Miller, American, 1885 - 1971  Search this

Shelton Brooks, Canadian, 1886 - 1975  Search this

Charles Hawkins, American  Search this

Charles Gordon, American, 1914 - 1939  Search this

Arthur Ray, American, 1888 - 1942  Search this

Composed by:

Peter Tinturin, American, 1910 - 2007  Search this

Medium:

acetate film

Dimensions:

Duration: 60 Minutes

Length (Film Reel 1): 1050 Feet

Length (Film Reel 2): 1100 Feet

Type:

sound films

black-and-white films (visual works)

release prints (motion pictures)

feature films

16mm (photographic film size)

Place depicted:

Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Place filmed:

United States, North and Central America

Date:

1939

Topic:

African American  Search this

Entertainers  Search this

Film  Search this

Nightlife  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:

2015.167.7.1ab

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification:

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cac134e4-037d-42ef-ba8e-e9551301b8ac

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Directed by:

George Elwood Randol, American, 1895 - 1973  Search this

Charles Hawkins, American  Search this

Produced by:

George Elwood Randol, American, 1895 - 1973  Search this

Distributed by:

Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979  Search this

Subject of:

Ruby Dandridge, American, 1900 - 1987  Search this

Frances Redd, American, 1917 - 1993  Search this

Buck Woods, American, 1905 - 1974  Search this

Jess Lee Brooks, American, 1894 - 1944  Search this

John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965  Search this

Ollie Ann Robinson  Search this

Clinton Rosemond, American, 1882 - 1966  Search this

Edward Brandon, Jamaican, 1907 - 1980  Search this

Richard Bates  Search this

Pete Webster, American, 1905 - 1988  Search this

Napoleon Simposon, American, 1902 - 1967  Search this

Medium:

acetate film

Dimensions:

Duration: 57 Minutes

Length (Film Reel 1): 700 Feet

Length (Film Reel 2): 1240 Feet

Type:

sound films

black-and-white films (visual works)

release prints (motion pictures)

feature films

16mm (photographic film size)

Place depicted:

Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

Place filmed:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1939

Topic:

African American  Search this

American South  Search this

Business  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:

2015.167.14.1ab

Restrictions & Rights:

Public Domain

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Classification:

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54f6bfb02-482a-4e19-9a6d-6b44cb25ec7e

EDAN-URL:

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Distributed by:

Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979  Search this

Subject of:

Ralph Cooper, American, 1908 - 1992  Search this

George Elwood Randol, American, 1895 - 1973  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 39 1/16 × 25 1/4 in. (99.2 × 64.1 cm)

H x W (sheet): 41 1/16 × 27 in. (104.3 × 68.6 cm)

Type:

posters

Place depicted:

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1937

Topic:

African American  Search this

Actors  Search this

Film  Search this

Race films  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2013.118.27

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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Collection title:

A Cinema Apart: African American Film Memorabilia (Larry Richards Collection)

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d2f0bc84-43aa-4309-a41b-b31b0c68faca

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.118.27

Commentator:

Musser, Charles  Search this

Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma 1970-  Search this

Wood, Bret  Search this

Berry, Torriano  Search this

Mashon, Mike  Search this

Composer:

DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid  Search this

Sosin, Donald  Search this

Roach, Max 1924-2007  Search this

Matsumura, Makia  Search this

Gal, Rob  Search this

Waymon, Sam  Search this

Heywood, Donald -1967  Search this

Porter, Lew 1892-1956  Search this

Contributor:

Combs, Rhea L.  Search this

Elliott, Mary N.  Search this

Film director:

David, C. N.  Search this

Gant, Harry A. 1881-1967  Search this

Norman, Richard E. 1891-1961  Search this

Gist, James  Search this

Calnek, Roy  Search this

Perugini, Frank  Search this

Filmmaker:

Jones, Solomon Sir 1869-1936  Search this

Hurston, Zora Neale  Search this

Screenwriter:

Thompson, True T.  Search this

Starkman, David -1947  Search this

Actor:

Williams, Spencer 1893-1969  Search this

Maurice, Richard D.  Search this

Gist, Eloyce 1892-1974  Search this

Preer, Evelyn  Search this

Edwards, Mattie 1866-1944  Search this

Montgomery, Frank 1870-1944  Search this

Chenault, Lawrence 1877-  Search this

Brooks, Clarence  Search this

Robeson, Paul 1898-1976  Search this

Gilbert, Mercedes  Search this

Russell, Julia Theresa  Search this

Rodgers, Marshall -1934  Search this

Alexander, Chester A.  Search this

Cornick, Walter  Search this

Robinson, Madame  Search this

Johnson, Lillian  Search this

Mayo, Stella active 1923-1924  Search this

Maxwell, M. C. active 1920-1925  Search this

Criner, Lawrence 1898-1965  Search this

Boyd, Kathryn (Actress)  Search this

Reynolds, Steve (Actor)  Search this

Gilpin, Charles S (Charles Sidney) 1878-1930  Search this

Henderson, Harry  Search this

McCormack, Pearl  Search this

Johnstone, Norman  Search this

Pettus, William E.  Search this

Fields, Sammie  Search this

Brooks, Eunice  Search this

Moore, Charles R. 1893-1947  Search this

Randol, George  Search this

Comathiere, A. B.  Search this

Mahon, Carl  Search this

Calloway, Starr  Search this

Russell, Alice B.  Search this

Cato, Minto 1900-1979  Search this

Bowman, Laura 1881-1957  Search this

Tucker, Lorenzo  Search this

Newsome, Carman  Search this

Lewis, Lucille  Search this

Guy, Barrington  Search this

Brooks, Lucius  Search this

Young, Artie  Search this

Caviness, Cathryn  Search this

Riley, Juanita  Search this

Hardeman, Reather  Search this

Jones, Jas. B (James B.)  Search this

Film producer:

Micheaux, Oscar 1884-1951  Search this

Kahn, Richard C. 1897-1960  Search this

Cinematographer:

Bowser, Pearl 1931-  Search this

Performer:

Jeffries, Herb  Search this

Everett, Francine 1920-1999  Search this

Boykin, David (Saxophonist)  Search this

Heywood, Donald -1967  Search this

Moore, Tim 1887-1958  Search this

Trible, Andrew  Search this

Davis, Amon  Search this

Martin, Sara 1884-1955  Search this

Four Tones (Musical group)  Search this

Interviewee:

Moses, Lucia Lynn 1908-  Search this

Moses, Ethel  Search this

Moses, Julia  Search this

Author:

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Micheaux, Oscar 1884-1951 Body and soul  Search this

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Micheaux, Oscar 1884-1951 Conquest  Search this

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Micheaux, Oscar 1884-1951 Jeff Ballinger's woman  Search this

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Arthur, T. S (Timothy Shay) 1809-1885 Ten nights in a bar-room, and what I saw there  Search this

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Pratt, William W Ten nights in a bar-room  Search this

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Chesnutt, Charles W (Charles Waddell) 1858-1932 House behind the cedars  Search this

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874-1965 Rain  Search this

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Stribling, T. S (Thomas Sigismund) 1881-1965 Birthright  Search this

Screen Snapshots, Inc  Search this

Library of Congress  Search this

Production company:

Amegro Films (Firm)  Search this

Colored Players Film Corporation  Search this

Dixie Comedies  Search this

Ebony Film Corp.  Search this

Lincoln Motion Picture Company  Search this

Micheaux Film Corporation  Search this

Norman Film Manufacturing Company  Search this

Norman Studios  Search this

Torriano Film Productions  Search this

Film distributor:

Kino Lorber, Inc.  Search this

Kino Classics (Firm)  Search this

Physical description:

5 videodiscs (approximately 1276 min.) : silent and sound, black and white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)

Type:

Drama

Comedy films

Independent films

Slapstick comedy films

Fiction films

Feature films

Race films

Short films

Silent films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Place:

United States

Date:

2016

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

African Americans in motion pictures  Search this

African American motion picture producers and directors  Search this

Call number:

video 001493

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1082560