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Harry Henderson (actor)
Harry Henderson was an actor in theater and films in the United States. He made four films with the Colored Players Film Corporation. He was also cast in several Oscar Micheaux films and had a starring role in the film melodrama ''The Scar of Shame''. He portrays a wealthy concert pianist in the film. He also had a lead role in the 1926 film '' The Prince of His Race''. Filmography *'' Uncle Jasper's Will'' (1922) *'' The Dungeon'' (1922) *'' The Ghost of Tolston's Manor'' (1923) *'' The Virgin of Seminole'' (1923) *'' Ten Nights in a Barroom'' (1926) as Willie Hammond, the Judge's Son *'' The Prince of His Race'' (1926) as Tom Beuford *''The House Behind the Cedars'' (1927) *'' Children of Fate'' (1928) *''The Scar of Shame ''The Scar of Shame'' is a silent film shot in the winter of 1927 and released in April 1929. It is a silent film melodrama featuring black actors and was written for a predominantly black audience.Cripps, Thomas. Black Film as Genre. Indiana Un ...'' (1929) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colored Players Film Corporation
The Colored Players Film Corporation, also known as The Colored Players Film Corporation of Philadelphia, was an independent silent film production company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Primarily founded by David Starkman and Sherman H. Dudley in 1926, the film company for the most part made silent melodramatic films that featured all African American casts. During its brief time operating, the production company released four films, including '' A Prince of His Race'' (1926), a remake of Timothy Shay Arthur’s '' Ten Nights in a Bar Room'' (1926) with an all black cast, '' Children of Fate'' (1927), and finally ''The Scar of Shame'' (1929). Of the four films the company produced only ''Ten Nights in a Bar Room'' and ''The Scar of Shame'' remain extant. Shingzie Howard was one of its stars. Founders Sherman H. “Uncle Dud” Dudley was born in Dallas, Texas around 1872. Growing up Dudley was part of medicine and minstrel shows and by the 1890s had become a popular perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (; January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by black filmmakers, Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, a prominent producer of race films, and has been described as "the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the 20th century". He produced both silent films and sound films. Early life and education Micheaux was born on a farm in Metropolis, Illinois, on January 2, 1884.Betti Carol VanEpps-Taylor, ''Oscar Micheaux – A Biography: Dakota Homesteader, Author, Pioneer Film Maker'' Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scar Of Shame
''The Scar of Shame'' is a silent film shot in the winter of 1927 and released in April 1929. It is a silent film melodrama featuring black actors and was written for a predominantly black audience.Cripps, Thomas. Black Film as Genre. Indiana University Press, 1978. Print. It premiered from April 13–17, 1929 in the M&S Douglas Theatre in New York City. Its second screening ran from April 15–20, 1929 at Gibson's Theatre, Philadelphia. It was produced by the Colored Players Film Corporation of Philadelphia, in one of the early examples of race movies, in which an entirely black cast performed a feature film specifically for a black audience. The film was produced and written by David Starkman and was directed by Frank Peregini, both white. It was one of the later silent race movies. Melodramas were the genre of choice for early 20th-century black filmmakers. This film emerged during a time of great breakthroughs in not only African American film but all art with the Harlem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prince Of His Race
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uncle Jasper's Will
''Uncle Jasper's Will'' (also released as ''Jasper Landry's Will'') is a 1922 race film directed, produced and written by Oscar Micheaux. 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 the murder of a white plantation owner. The film was intended as a sequel to Micheaux’s landmark feature ''Within Our Gates'' (1920).Spencer Moon''Reel Black Talk: A Sourcebook of 50 American Filmmakers'' Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1997, p. 249. Cast *William Fountaine *Shingzie Howard *Alma Sewell *Harry Henderson (actor) See also *List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films. Reas ... References External links * 1922 films American silent featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dungeon (1922 Film)
''The Dungeon'' is a 1922 race film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux, considered the African-American Cecil B. DeMille due to his prolific output of films during the silent era, one of his greatest works being ''Body and Soul (1925 film), Body and Soul'' (1924). ''The Dungeon'' was his first horror effort, an early blaxploitation take on the ''Bluebeard'' legend. Micheaux was criticized by D. Ireland Thomas, a columnist with the ''Chicago Defender'', for his casting of light-skinned African Americans who could pass for white, attempting to make his films more commercially successful. Thomas questioned whether Micheaux was "relying on his name alone to tell the public that it is a race production; or maybe he is after booking it in white theaters." No print of the film is known to exist and it is presumed to be a lost film. Plot The film focuses on Myrtle Downing, an African-American woman who is coerced into marrying a corrupt would-be politician name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghost Of Tolston's Manor
''A Son of Satan'' is a 1924 silent race film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux. The film follows the misadventures of a man who accepted a bet to spend a night in a haunted house. Micheaux shot the film in The Bronx, New York, and Roanoke, Virginia."Progressive Silent Film List: Son of Satan" SilentEra.com. ''A Son of Satan'' ran into distribution problems when state censorship boards rejected the film based on its contents. censors objected to the film’s depiction of violence, particularly against women and animals (a cat is killed onscreen in one scene, a |
The Virgin Of Seminole
''The Virgin of the Seminole'' (sometimes listed as ''The Virgin of Seminole'') is a 1922 race film directed, written and produced by Oscar Micheaux. Plot 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 hostile American Indian tribe. The young man later purchases a ranch that becomes the foundation for great financial wealth. Cast * William Fountaine * Shingzie Howard Production background and preservation status The film had its premiere in Chicago in December 1922 and was distributed by the filmmaker’s Micheaux Film Corporation. No print is known to exist, and it is considered to be a lost film. at SilentEra. See also * |
Ten Nights In A Barroom (1926 Film)
Ten Nights in a Barroom is an American film released in 1926. Directed by Roy Calnek and starring Charles Gilpin, the film had a temperance theme and an African American cast. It followed on Timothy Shay Arthur's 1854 novel ''Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There'' and William W. Pratt's play, as well as earlier film adaptations (listed at '' Ten Nights in a Barroom'') albeit with white casts. A man's drinking causes him to lose money, his business, and his daughter. Released during the Prohibition era the film was positively reviewed by critics. It is the second of four films released by Colored Players Film Corporation and one of two, along with ''The Scar of Shame'', that remain in existence. A copy of Ten Nights in a Barroom which came from 35mm film elements preserved by the George Eastman Museum was released on home video in 2016 by Kino Lorber as part of the five-disc Pioneers of African-American Cinema set. Oscar Micheaux Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (; Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Behind The Cedars
''The House Behind the Cedars'' is a 1927 silent race film directed, written, produced and distributed by the noted director Oscar Micheaux. It was loosely adapted from the 1900 novel of the same name by African-American writer Charles W. Chesnutt, who explored issues of race, class and identity in the post-Civil War South. No print of the film is known to exist, and it is considered lost. Micheaux remade the film in 1932 under the title ''Veiled Aristocrats''. The Virginia Censorship Board at first banned the film from being shown in the state, saying it would threaten race relations. In 1924, the state had passed the Racial Integrity Act incorporating the one-drop rule into law for the first time. It classified as black for state record keeping any person with any known African ancestry, regardless of their self-identification or community. Although Micheaux made some cuts to get the film distributed, he wrote to the board: "There has been but one picture that incited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Fate (1928 Film)
''Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family'' is a 1993 documentary film about life in the slums of Palermo, Sicily, directed by Andrew Young and Susan Todd. Synopsis The film is a sequel to '' Cortile Cascino'', a 1961 documentary shot by Andrew Young's father, Robert M. Young, which depicted the eponymous Palermo slum and told the story of Angela Capra and her family. ''Children of Fate'' picks up the story 30 years on, showing Capra now separated from her husband, and the fates of her children. Awards The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporation, .... References External links * 1993 films American documentary films American black-and-white films Documentary films about povert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Male Actors
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslaved Africans who are from the United States. While some Black immigrants or their children may also come to identify as African-American, the majority of first generation immigrants do not, preferring to identify with their nation of origin. African Americans constitute the second largest racial group in the U.S. after White Americans, as well as the third largest ethnic group after Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of West/Central African with some European descent; some also have Native American and other ancestry. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not self-iden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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