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George Randol
George Randol (1895–1973) was an actor, screenwriter, director, and producer of films in the United States. In 1938 he was honored as an influential film executive in a newspaper writeup of the "Negro" film industry. Randol was born in Buena Vista, Virginia. Randol had numerous theatrical roles. He was a partner in the short-lived Cooper-Randol Production Company of Los Angeles that delivered only ''Dark Manhattan''. He continued on with another partnership. He was in the Broadway production of ''Anna Lucasta (play), Anna Lucasta''. Filmography Actor *''The Exile (1931 film)'' as Bill Prescott *''The Green Pastures (film)'' (1936) as High Priest *''Harlem on the Prairie'' (1937) as Sheriff Producer *''Dark Manhattan'' (1937, executive producer) *''Double Deal (1939 film), Double Deal'' (1939) *''Midnight Shadow'' (1939) Director *''Midnight Shadow (1939) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Randol, George American film directors 1895 births 1973 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buena Vista, Virginia
Buena Vista ( ) is an independent city (United States), independent city located in the Blue Ridge Mountains region of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 6,641. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the independent cities of Buena Vista and Lexington, Virginia, Lexington, along with surrounding Rockbridge County, Virginia, Rockbridge County, for statistical purposes. The city is located approximately 39 miles northwest of Lynchburg, Virginia, Lynchburg and 56 miles northeast of Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke. History Formerly named Hart's Bottom, Green Forest or Green Valley until 1888, and chartered as a town in 1890, Buena Vista separated politically from surrounding Rockbridge County, Virginia, Rockbridge County when granted a city charter on February 15, 1892. The Buena Vista Downtown Historic District, Buena Vista Colored School, Cedar Hill (Buena Vista, Virginia), Cedar Hill, Glen Maury, Old Courthouse (Buen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Manhattan
''Dark Manhattan'' is a black and white American film produced in 1937 by a partnership of African Americans Ralph Cooper and George Randol. Harry Fraser directed the film, which was written by Randol who was also the executive producer. The film was the only one made by Randol-Cooper Productions. The film opens with a dedication to R. B. Harrison, Bert Williams, and Florence Mills "and all the pioneer Negro actors who by their many sacrifces paved the way for this presentation." Music was by Ellison & Brooks (Ben Ellison and Harvey O. Brooks). Ben Rinaldo was associate producer. The film stars Cooper, and focuses on an up-and-coming youngster ruthlessly taking control of the numbers racket from the ailing former boss. The film is discussed in the book ''Making a Promised Land''. Cast * Ralph Cooper as Curly Thorpe * Cleo Herndon as Flo Gray * Clarence Brooks as Larry Lee *Jess Lee Brooks Jess Lee Brooks (June 10, 1894 – December 13, 1944), also known as Jesse Brooks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Lucasta (play)
''Anna Lucasta'' is a 1944 American play by Philip Yordan. Inspired by Eugene O'Neill's ''Anna Christie'', the play was originally written about a Polish American family. The American Negro Theatre director Abram Hill and director Harry Wagstaff Gribble adapted the script for an all African American cast, and presented the first performance on June 16, 1944. The play moved from Harlem to Broadway's Mansfield Theatre, running August 30, 1944 – November 30, 1946. The Broadway cast included Hilda Simms, Canada Lee, and Alice Childress. History The play ''Anna Lucasta'' was a breakthrough for writer Philip Yordan, who went on to a prolific career as a screenwriter. The story of a prostitute who struggles for respectability is similar to that of Eugene O'Neill's ''Anna Christie''. Originally titled ''Anna Lukaska'', Yordan's three-act drama was conceived as being about a Polish-American woman and her predatory family. When he was unable to find a Broadway producer for the play, Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Exile (1931 Film)
''The Exile'' is a 1931 United States, American film directed by Oscar Micheaux with choreography by Leonard Harper (producer), Leonard Harper. A drama-romance of the race movie, race film genre, ''The Exile'' was Micheaux's first feature-length sound film, and the first African-American sound film.Beckerman, Jim"Pioneering African-American film comes back to Fort Lee, where it all began" NorthJersey.com, February 16, 2014. Adapted from Micheaux's first novel ''The Conquest'' (1913), it the film shares some autobiographical elements; for example, Micheaux spent several years as a cattle rancher in an otherwise all-white area of South Dakota as does the film's central character Jean Baptiste (played by Stanley Morrell). Plot In Chicago, Edith Duval has become powerful in the African-American community, mostly because she came into possession of a South Chicago, Chicago, South Chicago mansion where she was once a servant; the white family that owned the mansion abandoned it when bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Pastures (film)
''The Green Pastures'' is a 1936 American film depicting stories from the Bible as visualized by black characters. It starred Rex Ingram (in several roles, including " De Lawd"), Oscar Polk, and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. It was based on the 1928 novel ''Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun'' by Roark Bradford and the 1930 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Marc Connelly. ''The Green Pastures'' was one of only six feature films in the Hollywood Studio era to feature an all-black cast, though elements of it were criticised by civil rights activists at the time and subsequently. Plot summary An elderly black woman reads from the Book of Genesis to a group of six young children in her house. She answers their questions about God and creation. One of the girls starts to visualise heaven... We enter the pearly gates to an all-black heaven, with winged angels sitting on clouds. The Lord, Jehovah, appears dressed in a black double-breasted jacket. He is given a cup of custar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlem On The Prairie
''Harlem on the Prairie'' (1937) is a race movie, billed as the first " all-colored" Western musical. The movie reminded audiences that there were black cowboys and corrected a popular Hollywood image of an all-white Old West. It was produced by Associated Features, which was organized in 1937. The picture premiered at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles and was first shown in New York City at the Rialto Theatre on Broadway. The company had offices at 937 N. Sycamore Ave., Hollywood, California, and the officers of the company were Jed Buell, president; Bert Sternbach, vice president; and Sabin W. Carr, secretary-treasurer. ''Harlem on the Prairie'' was filmed on location at the Walker Ranch in Newhall, California, and the Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, California. President and chief producer Jed Buell spent less than $50,000 on this picture. Plot summary Doc Clayburn returns with his medicine show and young daughter Carolina to the country where 20 years before he had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Deal (1939 Film)
''Double Deal'' is a 1939 American drama with an all-black cast (a genre at the time called "race films"), written by Arthur Hoerl, produced by George Randol, directed by Arthur Dreifuss and released on the independent states-rights market by Sack Amusement Enterprises and Astor Pictures Corp. Plot summary Two men, Tommy McCoy and Dude Markey, are in love with Nita, a beautiful nightclub singer/dancer. Markey robs a jewelry store and gives the haul to a local gangster. Later, he steals the jewelry from the gangster's safe and frames McCoy for the robbery in the hope that the gangster will kill him, thereby getting rid of his rival for the lovely Nita. Cast *Monte Hawley as Jim McCoy *Jeni Le Gon as Nita * Edward Thompson as Dude Markey *Florence O'Brien as Sally *Freddie Jackson as Tommy McCoy * Buck Woods *Maceo Bruce Sheffield as Murray Howard *Charles Hawkins *Jack Clisby *Tom Southern *Vernon McCalla *Charles Gordon as Lanny *Arthur Ray * F.E. Miller as Nightclub Comedian * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Shadow
''Midnight Shadow'' is a 1939 film with an all African-American cast. It was directed and produced by George Randol, who was also African American. Plot The mind-reading Prince Alihabad courts a girl from Oklahoma played by Frances E. Redd. Her parents want to make her happy, but they do not like that Alihabad worships Allah. A killer is on the loose and locals fear that it might be Alihabad. Cast * Frances Redd as Margaret Wilson * Buck Woods as Lightfoot * Richard Bates as Jr. Lingley * Clinton Rosemond as Mr. Dan Wilson * Jesse Lee Brooks as Sergeant Ramsey * Edward Brandon as Buster Barnett * Ollie Ann Robinson as Mrs. Emma Wilson * Laurence Criner (billed as John Criner) as Prince Alihabad * Pete Webster (actor) as John Mason * Ruby Dandridge Ruby Jean Dandridge (née Butler; March 3, 1900 – October 17, 1987) was an American actress from the early 1900s through to the late 1950s. Dandridge is best known for her role on the radio show '' Amos 'n Andy'', in whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Directors
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write their o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded in England by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. * January 13 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Coatit – Italian forces defeat the Ethiopians. * January 17 – Félix Faure is elected President of the French Republic, after the resignation of Jean Casimir-Perier. * February 9 – Mintonette, later known as volleyball, is created by William G. Morgan at Holyoke, Massachusetts. * February 11 – The lowest ever UK temperature of is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This record is equalled in 1982, and again in 1995. * February 14 – Oscar Wilde's last play, the comedy ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', is first shown at St Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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