The Department of Afro American Research, Arts and Culture

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Midnight Menace (1946)

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Following yet another show-stopping performance, famed vaudevillian "Lollypop" Jones finds the dead body of a woman in his dressing room. After repeated attempts to dispose of the body -- including hiding it in a closet, and stuffing it down a laundry chute -- fail, Lollypop realizes that his unwanted guest isn't dead...she's a zombie!

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

The Virgin of Seminole (1923) [Lost Film]

The New York Age

New York, New York, New York

Sat, Mar 24, 1923 · Page 6

The New York Age

New York, New York, New York

Sat, Mar 24, 1923 · Page 6

The New York Age

New York, New York, New York

Sat, Mar 31, 1923 · Page 6

The New York Age

New York, New York, New York

Sat, Mar 31, 1923 · Page 6

The New York Age

New York, New York, New York

Sat, Mar 31, 1923 · Page 6

Vicksburg Evening Post

Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi

Sat, Jan 27, 1923 · Page 7

Vicksburg Evening Post

Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi

Thu, Feb 22, 1923 · Page 4

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This film tells of the adventure of a young man who goes in the Canadian wilds and through his manly character is made a member of the famous Canadian mounted police. Through his clever work as an officer and by the fame he gains through a gun fight with a desperado he wins a large financial reward. He buys a ranch and becomes a successful ranchero.

*** This film is considered lost until notified otherwise. ***

The House Behind the Cedars (1927) [Lost Film]

The Pittsburgh Courier

Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Sat, Apr 04, 1925 · Page 4

The Pittsburgh Courier

Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Sat, Dec 19, 1925 · Page 9

The Evening Journal

Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware

Wed, Mar 25, 1925 · Page 12

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Rena ( Shingzie Howard ), a beautiful mulatto woman, who passes as white, receives a proposal from an aristocratic white millionaire who has fallen in love with her. Rena accepts without revealing the secret of her racial background. Unhappy, Rena returns to her former lover, Frank Fowler, a black man, who has risen to power despite his color. She tells him that although she has fooled the public, she has not fooled herself.

*** This film is considered lost until notified otherwise. ***