''Easy Street'' is a 1930 American film by

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 ...

, an African American filmmaker. It features an African American cast. Known as the last silent achievement in his filmography, the film is considered lost. The plot reportedly revolved around a group of con artists trying to seize the savings of an old man. The cast included Richard B. Harrison and other actors from the Broadway production ''Green Pastures''. Micheaux's wife

Alice B. Russell Alice Burton Russell (June 30, 1889 – January 1, 1985) was an African-American actress, producer, and the wife of director Oscar Micheaux. She appeared in several films directed by her husband. Biography She was born in 1889 in Maxton, ...

was part of the cast. William A. Clayton, Willor Lee Guilford and

Lorenzo Tucker Lorenzo Tucker (June 27, 1907 – August 19, 1986), known as the "Black Valentino," was an American stage and screen actor who played the romantic lead in the early black films of Oscar Micheaux. Acting career Born in Philadelphia, Tucker s ...

were also in the cast. A poster for the film is extant.

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1930 films 1930 lost films Lost American films African-American films {{1930s-US-film-stub