Most widely held works by
Micheaux Film Corporation
Lying lips(
visu
)
2
editions published
in
1993
in
English
and held by
124
libraries
worldwide
In this classic melodrama, a nightclub singer is unjustly convicted and sent to prison for the murder of her aunt.
Ten minutes to live(
visu
)
5
editions published
between
1980
and
2004
in
English
and held by
57
libraries
worldwide
A mystery-musical built around a threatening note which gives the heroine who sings and dances in a Harlem nightclub only "ten minutes to live." There is much nightclub entertainment as the mystery unravels with song and dance numbers and a stand up comedy routine.
God's step children(
visu
)
4
editions published
between
1990
and
2002
in
English
and held by
44
libraries
worldwide
A light-skinned girl is abandoned by her mother and is sent by her foster mother to an all-Black school. She grows up and has a hard time fitting in to Black society.
Swing(
visu
)
2
editions published
between
1996
and
2006
in
English
and held by
33
libraries
worldwide
Ted Gregory is trying to become the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway but his star singer is getting in the way.
Body and soul(
visu
)
2
editions published
between
1997
and
1998
in
English
and held by
32
libraries
worldwide
Paul Robeson in his first screen role, plays two parts, an evil preacher and his good brother, who wage a personal war for the body and soul of the heroine.
Murder in Harlem(
visu
)
2
editions published
between
1935
and
1996
in
English
and held by
32
libraries
worldwide
A young woman is murdered at the National Chemical Labs and the nightwatchman is arrested. The scene shifts back three years when a man fell in love with a woman but is unable to express his true feelings. Now the man is a lawyer and the woman he loved is the sister of the nightwatchman who is on trial for murder. Together, they find the real murderer and fall in love.
Within our gates(
visu
)
4
editions published
between
1996
and
2004
in
English
and held by
26
libraries
worldwide
This earliest surviving silent feature directed by an African- American tells the story of a young African-American woman who seeks a northern white patron for a Southern school for Black children.
Body and soul(
visu
)
5
editions published
between
1986
and
2007
in
English
and held by
25
libraries
worldwide
Paul Robeson stars in this early silent film of a minister gone corrupt. He associates with the owner of a house of gambling, forces a girl to steal and later kills the girl's brother. But, when all is said and done it's only a dream.
Veiled aristocrats(
visu
)
4
editions published
between
1983
and
2004
in
English
and held by
20
libraries
worldwide
Twenty years after leaving home, John Walden returns, having achieved his ambition to become a lawyer. He and his mother, Molly, discuss the marital situation of his sister, Rena, and the racial complications it poses. Molly asks John to break up Rena's romance with Frank because she disapproves of him and wants her daughter to marry a man of more refinement. Eventually, after trying to live the life her family desires for her, Rena renounces trying to pass for white, and is reunited with Frank.
God's stepchildren(
visu
)
3
editions published
between
1937
and
2006
in
English
and held by
17
libraries
worldwide
The film tells the story of a very light skinned African American girl, Naomie, who doesn't want to be considered a Negro. Abandoned by her real mother, she is raised by her foster mother. Forced by her foster mother to attend a Negro school, which she resents, a hate enters her heart and plays and important part in her life from then on.
The girl from Chicago(
visu
)
5
editions published
between
1996
and
2004
in
English
and held by
15
libraries
worldwide
A young secret service agent falls in love with a schoolteacher in a small Mississippi town. Later in New York, he has to save her friend from the numbers racket and is accused of murder. Micheaux produced an earlier, silent version of this crime melodrama in 1926 under the title The spider's web. The film is controversial because Micheaux was accused of selecting his stars on the basis of their "high yellow" skin color.
Murder in Harlem based on "The Stanfield murder case(
visu
)
4
editions published
between
1996
and
2006
in
English
and held by
10
libraries
worldwide
A young woman is murdered at the National Chemical Labs and the nightwatchman is arrested. The scene shifts back three years when a man fell in love with a woman but is unable to express his true feelings. Now the man is a lawyer and the woman he loved is the sister of the nightwatchman who is on trial for murder. Together, they find the real murderer and fall in love.
The symbol of the unconquered a story of the Ku Klux Klan(
visu
)
5
editions published
between
1998
and
2009
in
English
and held by
7
libraries
worldwide
Eve, a young light-skinned African American woman, travels from Selma, Alabama to the Northwest to claim the mine willed to her by her grandfather. Hugh, an African American man who falls in love with her but thinks that she is white, discovers oil, provoking the greed and anger of the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan attacks but is driven off. Finally, Eve and Hugh resolve their misunderstanding.
Oscar Micheaux's Ten minutes to live(
visu
)
2
editions published
between
1932
and
1990
in
English
and held by
5
libraries
worldwide
A mystery-musical built around a threatening note which gives the heroine who sings and dances in a Harlem nightclub only "ten minutes to live." There is much nightclub entertainment as the mystery unravels with song and dance numbers and a stand up comedy routine.
Underworld(
visu
)
3
editions published
between
1937
and
2002
in
English
and held by
4
libraries
worldwide
A young Black man who recently graduated from a Southern college is persuaded to come to Chicago with a gambler. He travels in Black underworld circles, falls for a vamp and is framed for murder before finding a better life.
The Darktown revue(
visu
)
2
editions published
between
2002
and
2004
in
English
and held by
3
libraries
worldwide
An all-black musical revue film featuring stage acts, vaudeville routines, songs, and blackface parody of country preacher.
Race films DVD set. Disc 8(
visu
)
1
edition published
in
2010
in
English
and held by
1
library
worldwide
Movies made for and by African-Americans during the first half of the 20th century.
Race films DVD set. Disc 6(
visu
)
1
edition published
in
2010
in
English
and held by
1
library
worldwide
Movies made for and by African-Americans during the first half of the 20th century.
Race films DVD set. Disc 5(
visu
)
1
edition published
in
2010
in
English
and held by
1
library
worldwide
Movies made for and by African-Americans during the first half of the 20th century.
Race films DVD set. Disc 9(
visu
)
1
edition published
in
2010
in
English
and held by
1
library
worldwide
Movies made for and by African-Americans during the first half of the 20th century.
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