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1930-09-20
Musical film with an all-black cast.

1920-01-12
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helpi

1920-01-02
The brute is a gambler, boxing manager and underworld boss who mistreats a young woman. She is force

1919-01-02
Directed by Oscar Micheaux and Jerry Mills.

1931-12-26
A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder

1929-04-27
Privacy Robson is a downtrodden husband who takes advice from his friend Florian Slappey. He eventua

1929-02-02
A nightclub owner's wife, jealous of his attentions to his star singer, schemes to get her fired.
1929-09-28
"Willie Dime," a big, bad taxi driver, is very jealous of "Miss Eva" and it burns him up to see any
1926-07-24
Screenplay adapted from Charles Chestnutt's novel.

1925-09-28
Aileen Kennibrew, a charming and beautiful girl calls on one Richard Ellis, a motion picture produce
1929-06-02
Spencer Williams' comedy feature.
1929-11-23
A musical short starring Sam McDaniel and Spencer Williams.

1924-02-01
A young black Harvard graduate fights against a variety of obstacles, including racist opposition, i
1923-03-01
Deceit (sometimes referred to as The Deceit) is a 1923 American silent black-and-white film. It is a
1927-01-03
A lost film. Remade by Micheaux as a sound film, The Girl from Chicago (1932).

1921-01-01
When Arthur Gilpin, a black night watchman, finds young Myrtle Gunsaulus mysteriously murdered in th

1932-09-23
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retire