Oscar Micheaux Filmography

Here is a comprehensive list of films from African American pioneer filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux.

Filmography:

• 1948 - The Betrayal
• 1940 - The Notorious Elinor Lee
• 1939 - Birthright
• 1939 - Lying Lips
• 1938 - God's Step Children
• 1938 - Swing!
• 1937 - Underworld
• 1935 - Murder in Harlem (uncredited)
• 1935 - Temptation
• 1934 - Harlem After Midnight
• 1933 - Phantom of Kenwood
• 1932 - Black Magic
• 1932 - Ten Minutes to Live
• 1932 - Veiled Aristocrats
• 1932 - The Girl from Chicago
• 1931 - The Exile
• 1931 - The Darktown Revue (Short)
• 1930 - Easy Street
• 1930 - A Daughter of the Congo
• 1929 - Wages of Sin
• 1928 - When Men Betray
• 1928 - Thirty Years Later
• 1927 - The Broken Violin
• 1927 - The House Behind the Cedars
• 1927 - The Millionaire
• 1927 - The Spider's Web
• 1926 - The Conjure Woman
• 1926 - The Devil's Disciple
• 1925 - Marcus Garland
• 1925 - Body and Soul
• 1924 - A Son of Satan
• 1924 - Birthright
• 1923 - The Virgin of Seminole
• 1923 - Deceit
• 1922 - Uncle Jasper's Will
• 1922 - The Dungeon
• 1921 - The Hypocrite
• 1921 - The Gunsaulus Mystery
• 1920 - The Symbol of the Unconquered
• 1920 - The Brute
• 1920 - Within Our Gates
• 1919 - The Homesteader

St. Louis Blues (1929)

Starring:

• Bessie Smith
• Jimmy Mordecai 
• Isabel Washington

Storyline
In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy messin' with a pretty, younger woman; he leaves and she sings the blues, with chorus and dancers.

Oft in the Silly Night (1929)

Starring:

• Edward Thompson
• Roberta Hyson 
• Arthur Ray 
• Spencer Williams 
• Laurence Criner

Storyline
A chauffeur falls in love with the daughter of his employer. 

The Melancholy Dame (1929)

Starring:

• Edward Thompson 
• Evelyn Preer 
• Spencer Williams
• Roberta Hyson 
• Charles Olden

Storyline
The story relates the troubles of "Permanent Williams," darktown cabaret owner, who is forced to hire his divorced wife and her new husbands as entertainers. His second wife doesn't relish the fact, so, in the words of Cohen, "troubles is somethin' Permanent ain't got nothing else exceptin'."