Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 79 min.)) : sound, black and white |
Series |
Pioneers of African-American cinema |
Summary |
An African American socialite in Chicago takes over a mansion recently abandoned by its previous white owners because African Americans had moved into the neighborhood. She transforms it into a speakeasy and her lover runs off to South Dakota.. An all-black musical from film pioneer Oscar Micheaux |
Notes |
Film adaptation of Oscar Micheaux's novel, The conquest |
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Originally released as motion picture in 1931 |
Credits |
Photography, Lester Lang, Walter Strenge ; synchronation and score, Donald Heywood ; dances and ensembles staged by Leonard Harper |
Cast |
Eunice Brooks, Stanley Morrell, Celeste Cole, Katherine Noisette, Charles Moore, Nora Newsome, George Randol, A.B. Comathiere, Carl Mahon, Lou Vernon |
Notes |
Online resource; title from title screen (viewed March 6, 2023) |
Subject |
Mansions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama
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Nightclubs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama
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African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- Drama
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Nightclubs
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Mansions
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Man-woman relationships
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African Americans -- Social conditions
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Illinois -- Chicago
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Genre/Form |
Race films
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Musical films
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Internet videos
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Film adaptations
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Fiction films
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Drama
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Feature films
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Race films.
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Musical films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Internet videos.
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Films musicaux.
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Adaptations cinématographiques.
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Films de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Schiffman, Frank, -1974, presenter.
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Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
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Brooks, Eunice, actor.
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Morrell, Stanley, actor
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Cole, Celeste, 1908-1984, actor.
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Noisette, Katherine, actor
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Moore, Charles R., 1893-1947, actor.
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Newsome, Nora, actor
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Randol, George, actor.
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Comathiere, A. B., actor.
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Mahon, Carl, actor.
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Vernon, Lou, actor
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Lang, Lester, 1896-1969, director of photography.
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Strenge, Walter, director of photography.
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Heywood, Donald, 1896-1967, composer (expression)
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Harper, Leonard, 1899-1943, choreographer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951.
Conquest
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