Oscar Micheaux
- 1932
Ten Minutes to Live
Ten Minutes to Live4.7 Mar. 17, 1932 HD
A movie producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, but all he really wants to do is bed her. She knows, but accepts anyway. ...
Actors:A.B. DeComathiere, Laura Bowman, Lawrence Chenault, Tressie Mitchell, Willor Lee Guilford
- 1920
The Symbol of the Unconquered
The Symbol of the Unconquered5.3 Nov. 28, 1920 HD
Eve Mason, a white-passing black woman, moves to a remote cottage she inherited from her late father. She makes the acquaintance of her neighbor, ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Iris Hall, Lawrence Chenault, Louis Dean, Mattie Wilkes, Walker Thompson
- 1931
The Darktown Revue
The Darktown Revue3.4 Jan. 31, 1931 HD
With a series of long takes and frontal camera set-ups, Michaeux provides a record of several cabaret acts, using intertitles to separate the ...
Actors:Amon Davis, Celeste Cole, Donald Heywood, Sara Martin, Tim Moore
- 1937
Underworld
Underworld4.0 Sep. 01, 1937 HD
A young Southern college student falls for the charms of a female nightclub owner while on summer break in Chicago – and soon enough meets ...
Actors:'Slick' Chester, Bee Freeman, Larry Seymour, Oscar Polk, Sol Johnson
- 1938
Birthright
Birthright5.2 Jan. 01, 1938 HD
After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.
Genre: Drama
Actors:Alec Lovejoy, Carman Newsome, Ethel Moses, Hazel Diaz, Trixie Smith
- 1938
Swing!
Swing!5.0 Apr. 29, 1938 HD
Ted Gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway, but he has trouble with his star singer.
Genre: Drama
Actors:Alec Lovejoy, Cora Green, Hazel Diaz, Larry Seymour, Trixie Smith
- 1939
Lying Lips
Lying Lips4.7 Jan. 02, 1939 HD
A nightclub singer refuses to “date” customers, so she’s framed for the murder of her aunt.
Actors:Carman Newsome, Cherokee Thornton, Edna Mae Harris, Frances E. Williams, Robert Earl Jones
- 1938
God’s Step Children
God’s Step Children5.3 Jan. 01, 1938 HD
Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl’s fixation with ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Alice B. Russell, Charles Thompson, Ethel Moses, Jacqueline Lewis, Trixie Smith
- 1935
Murder In Harlem
Murder In Harlem4.5 Dec. 12, 1935 HD
A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder.
Actors:Alec Lovejoy, Andrew Bishop, Clarence Brooks, Dorothy Van Engle, Laura Bowman
- 1932
Veiled Aristocrats
Veiled Aristocrats5.0 Feb. 01, 1932 HD
A young woman plans to marry, but her mother and brother–a lawyer–don’t like her prospective husband and scheme to prevent the ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Aurora Edwards, Barrington Guy, Bernardine Mason, Carl Mahon, Laura Bowman, Lawrence Chenault, Lorenzo Tucker, Lucille Lewis, Walter Fleming, Willor Lee Guilford
- 1932
The Girl from Chicago
The Girl from Chicago5.8 Mar. 14, 1932 HD
An undercover government agent on a case in Mississippi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who’s being menaced by a local ...
Actors:Alice B. Russell, Carl Mahon, Cherokee Thornton, Edwin Cary, Eunice Brooks, Frank H. Wilson, Grace Smith, John Everett, Minto Cato, Starr Calloway
- 1931
The Exile
The Exile4.9 May. 15, 1931 HD
An idealistic young man is torn between a sultry Chicago nightclub owner and a Scottish South Dakotan farmgirl.
Actors:A. B. Comathiere, Carl Mahon, Celeste Cole, Charles R. Moore, Eunice Brooks, George Randol, Kathleen Noisette, Lou Vernon, Nora Newsome, Stanley Morell
- 1925
Body and Soul
Body and Soul6.2 Nov. 09, 1925 HD
A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Chester A. Alexander, Julia Theresa Russell, Lawrence Chenault, Marshall Rogers, Mercedes Gilbert, Paul Robeson, Walter Cornick
- 1920
Within Our Gates
Within Our Gates5.917 Jan. 12, 1920 HD
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished ...
Actors:Bernice Ladd, Charles D. Lucas, E.G. Tatum, Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements, Jack Chenault, James D. Ruffin, Mattie Edwards, Mrs. Evelyn, William Starks