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Saturday, January 20, 2018

Harlem After Midnight (1934) [Lost Film]




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The story is built around Negro gangsters who kidnap a wealthy Jew and just about get away with it, until Micheaux, in the role of a clever sleuth, breaks up the racket.

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

Harlem on the Prairie (1937) [Lost Film]






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First all-colored cast Western made. This was filmed on location at N.B. Murray's Black dude ranch near Victorville, California.

A former criminal returns home twenty years later to make things right by returning heisted gold left buried. En route, he is killed by outlaws. Before he dies he entrusts a secret gold location map to his trusted companion. His companion encounters outlaws and comedians en route to restoring the gold to its rightful owners. 

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

Friday, January 19, 2018

Going to Glory, Come to Jesus (1946) [Lost Film]









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A young girl, an outcast and depressed because of her ugliness, falls to the temptation of the Devil. A prophet appears to save her and show her the way of the Lord. 

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

Monday, January 15, 2018

Georgia Rose (1930) [Lost Film]


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This picture was filmed by Harry Gant, former cameraman with the Lincoln Motion Picture Company. This story is about a minister's attempt to move his flock and daughter from Georgia to better farming land in the Midwest. While boarding up with a family, the minister's daughter is smitten by the love bug and led to corruption by her new lover's brother. Of course, she is saved in the nick of time by her new lover and forgiven by her father. 

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