Alice B. Russell
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Wages of Sin
Feb 02, 1929Film producer Winston L. Jaune gives his brother J. Lee a job in his company. J. Lee promptly steals company funds, spends lavishly in cabarets, at wild parties, and on women putting the company in financial difficulties.
Drama
The Broken Violin
Oct 22, 1928An African-American violin prodigy overcomes her impoverished background to find success in music and love. Based on Oscar Micheaux's unpublished novel, House of Mystery.
Drama
Murder In Harlem
Dec 12, 1935A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder.
Mystery
God's Step Children
Jan 01, 1938Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.
Drama
Birthright
Jan 01, 1938After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.
Drama
The Girl from Chicago
Mar 14, 1932Un agent fédéral se retrouve affecté au Mississippi, où il tombe amoureux d'une jeune femme. Il l'aide à échapper à un voyou local, et ils sont impliqués dans l'assassinat d'un racketteur cubain à Harlem.
Crime
Murder In Harlem
Dec 12, 1935A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder.
Mystery
The Darktown Revue
Jan 31, 1931With a series of long takes and frontal camera set-ups, Michaeux provides a record of several cabaret acts, using intertitles to separate the individual numbers. This quietly outrageous film begins with the high-toned Heywood Choir singing "Watermelon time" and concludes with Amon David playing a preacher using heavy blackface. Amon Davus was known as "the Back Biting Comedian, Par Excellence", and his sermon is one of Michaeux's many notable send-ups of the clergy.
Comedy
