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Gertie Brown
Gertie Brown Moore (born Gilberta Gertrude Chevalier, August 23, 1878 – February 24, 1934) was a vaudeville performer and one of the first African-American film actresses. Brown is most famous for her part in the 1898 silent film ''Something Good – Negro Kiss,'' which went viral in 2018. Biography According to the 1900 United States federal census, Gertie Brown, then aged 22, was born in 1878. According to her obituary, she began her career on the stage at the age of nine."Gertie Moore Passes Away: Comedian's Wife Dies of Pneumonia Attack," p. 1, ''New York Amsterdam News'', Feb. 28, 1934 In the 1890s, she performed alongside well-known composer and entertainer Saint Suttle (1870-1932) in vaudeville and minstrel shows in the Chicago area and nationally. Suttle, Brown, and John and Maud Brewster performed as a group called "The Rag-Time Four" that was responsible for popularizing a variation of the cakewalk dance. In 1899, Suttle and Brown were billed in vaudeville as "Two Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Suttle
Saint Suttle (February 1870 – February 4, 1932), was an American composer and performer. Suttle was well known as a Cakewalk, cakewalk artist and vaudeville performer in Chicago. An African Americans, African American, he was a pioneering performer in early film of the late 19th century, 19th-century. Biography Suttle holds hands and kisses Gertie Brown in the short film ''Something Good – Negro Kiss'' (1898), made by William Selig. It is the earliest known kiss between black people captured on film. This example of black intimacy on film was a positive depiction, pushing back against the dehumanizing stereotypes often seen in film in this time period. In 2022, the film was included in the exhibition ''Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898 - 1971'' at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, an exhibition with the objective of showing the contributions of Black artists and filmmakers from the start of the American film industry, that at times pushed against the conven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |