Midnight Shadow is a 1939 film with an all African-American cast. It was directed and produced by George Randol, who was also African American.
Midnight Shadow | |
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Directed by | George Randol |
Screenplay by | Arthur Reed |
Produced by | George Randol Alfred N. Sack |
Starring | Frances Redd Ollie Ann Robinson Clinton Rosemond Laurence Criner |
Cinematography | Arthur Reed |
Edited by | Robert Jahns |
Music by | Johnny Lange Lew Porter |
Production company | George Randol Productions |
Distributed by | Sack Amusement Enterprises |
Release date |
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Running time | 54 min |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot edit
The mind-reading Prince Alihabad courts a girl from Oklahoma played by Frances E. Redd. Her parents want to make her happy, but they do not like that Alihabad worships Allah. A killer is on the loose and locals fear that it might be Alihabad.
Cast edit
- Frances Redd as Margaret Wilson
- Buck Woods as Lightfoot
- Richard Bates as Jr. Lingley
- Clinton Rosemond as Mr. Dan Wilson
- Jesse Lee Brooks as Sergeant Ramsey
- Edward Brandon as Buster Barnett
- Ollie Ann Robinson as Mrs. Emma Wilson
- Laurence Criner (billed as John Criner) as Prince Alihabad
- Pete Webster (actor) as John Mason
- Ruby Dandridge as Mrs. Lingley
- Napoleon Simpson as Mr. Ernest Lingley
Book coverage edit
The film was briefly discussed in terms of plot and as an African American production in the books Hollywood Be Thy Name: African American Religion in American Film, 1929-1949[1] and Whispered Consolations: Law and Narrative in African American Life.[2]
References edit
- ^ Weisenfeld, Judith (January 8, 2007). Hollywood Be Thy Name: African American Religion in American Film, 1929-1949. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520940666. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ Christian Suggs, Jon (February 15, 2000). Whispered Consolations: Law and Narrative in African American Life. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472022822. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
External links edit
- Full Cast and Crew: Midnight Shadow (1939), IMdB
- Midnight Shadow at AllMovie
- Midnight Shadow at the TCM Movie Database
- Midnight Shadow at the American Film Institute Catalog
- "Ruth Lankford Redd Accompanies the Negro Community Chorus of Columbia, Missouri", undated photograph from Columbia, MO includes John Roland Redd's sisters Ruth Lankford Redd (accompanist) and Frances Elizabeth Redd, Collection: African Americans in Northeast Missouri, Hannibal Free Library