''The Wages of Sin'' was a 1929 drama film directed, written and produced 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 ...

. It was a race movie, featuring an all-black cast, headed by William A. Clayton, Jr. and Bessie Givens. It is considered

lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...

Cast

In alphabetical order * William A. Clayton, Jr. * Bessie Givens * Ione McCarthy * Kathleen Noisette *

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, ...

* Ethel Smith * Gertrude Snelson *

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 ...

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* * 1929 films 1929 drama films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Oscar Micheaux Lost American drama films Race films American black-and-white films 1929 lost films English-language drama films 1920s American films {{1920s-drama-film-stub