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Saturday, December 15, 2018

The Conjure Woman (1926) [Lost Film]

The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Sat, Jul 24, 1926 · Page 9

Daily Press
Newport News, Newport News, Virginia, United States of America
Sun, Aug 15, 1926 · Page 20

Daily Press
Newport News, Newport News, Virginia, United States of America
Sat, Aug 21, 1926 · Page 6

The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Sat, May 21, 1927 · Page 2
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Screenplay adapted from Charles Chestnutt's novel by the same title.

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

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. ***