Hallelujah (1929)

Starring:

• Daniel L. Haynes
• Nina Mae McKinney
• William Fountaine
• Harry Gray
• Fanny Belle DeKnight
• Everett McGarrity
• Victoria Spivey
• Milton Dickerson
• Robert Couch
• Walter Tait

Storyline
Zeke Johnson (Daniel L. Haynes) and his brother, Spunk (Everett McGarrity), sell their family's crops for $100. When Zeke manages to lose the money gambling, due to his shifty girlfriend, Chick (Nina Mae McKinney), a fight ensues in which Spunk is killed. This causes Zeke to leave and seek a religious life. Years later, he returns to his hometown as a preacher, bringing his fiancée, Missy Rose (Victoria Spivey). However, Chick is still interested and knows how to manipulate him.