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Title The exile / Frank Schiffman presents Oscar Micheaux's production ; written and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; a Micheaux production
Published New York City : Micheaux Film Corporation, [1931]

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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
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
Nightclubs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama
Man-woman relationships -- Drama
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- Drama
Nightclubs
Mansions
Man-woman relationships
African Americans -- Social conditions
Illinois -- Chicago
Genre/Form Race films
Musical films
Internet videos
Film adaptations
Fiction films
Drama
Feature films
Race films.
Musical films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Internet videos.
Films musicaux.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Films de fiction.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Form Streaming video
Author Schiffman, Frank, -1974, presenter.
Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
Brooks, Eunice, actor.
Morrell, Stanley, actor
Cole, Celeste, 1908-1984, actor.
Noisette, Katherine, actor
Moore, Charles R., 1893-1947, actor.
Newsome, Nora, actor
Randol, George, actor.
Comathiere, A. B., actor.
Mahon, Carl, actor.
Vernon, Lou, actor
Lang, Lester, 1896-1969, director of photography.
Strenge, Walter, director of photography.
Heywood, Donald, 1896-1967, composer (expression)
Harper, Leonard, 1899-1943, choreographer.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951. Conquest