| Description |
1 videodisc (262 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| Series |
Silver screen series
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Silver screen series.
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| System Details |
DVD, digitally enhanced audio 5.1. |
| Note |
Video release of previous released motion pictures. |
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Preceded by introduction to the Tyler-Texas black film collection by Ossie Davis (4 min.) Under the menu option: The Girl in Room 20. |
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A special collection from Southern Methodist University Southwest Film/Video Archives. |
| Credits |
(Girl in room 20) producer, United Films ; director, Spencer Williams ; cinematography, Frank Brodie ; editing, H.W. Kier. (Son of Ingagi) Sack Attractions ; director, Richard C. Kahn ; story, Spencer Williams ; cinematography, Roland Price, Herman Schopp ; editor, Dan Milner. (Girl from Chicago) Micheaux Pictures ; story-adaptation-direction, Oscar Micheaux ; photography, Sam Orleans. (Lying lips) Sack Attractions ; Alred N. Sack presents ; written and directed by Oscar Micheaux ; photography, Lester Lang ; editing, Leonard Weiss ; music, Jack Shilkret. |
| Cast |
(Girl in room 20) Geraldine Brock, Spencer Williams, July Jones ; (Son of Ingagi) Zack Williams, Laura Bowman, Alfred Grant, Spencer Williams, Daisy Bufford ; (Girl from Chicago) Carl Mahon, Star [i.e. Starr] Calloway, Alice B. Russell, Eunice Brooks ; (Lying lips) Edna Mae Harris, Carman Newsome, Earl Jones. |
| Summary |
(Girl in room 20) A girl goes to New York to make her way as a singer. Befriended by Joe, a kind hearted taxi driver, she finally gets a job singing only to be pursued by a slick club manager who just happens to also be married. Joe calls her boyfriend back home and he comes running to save the girl. (Son of Ingagi) An ape man steals a bride and whisks her to his lab. (Girl from Chicago) Alonso White is an African American U.S. Secret Service agent sent to Virginia to investigate Jeff Ballinger, a town boss. (Lying lips) After a nightclub singer is framed for murder and sent to prison, her detective boyfriend uncovers the real crooks. |
| Contents |
Girl in room 20 (1946, 63 min.) -- Son of Ingagi (1940, 70 min.) -- Girl from Chicago (1932, 69 min.) -- Lying lips (1939, 60 min.). |
| Subject |
African Americans in motion pictures.
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African Americans in motion pictures. |
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African Americans -- Drama.
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African Americans. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
African American detectives -- Drama.
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African American detectives. |
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Secret service -- United States -- Drama.
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Secret service. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery films.
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Feature films.
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Horror films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Horror films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Williams, Spencer, 1889-1965.
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Brock, Geraldine.
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Jones, July.
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Kahn, Richard C., 1897-1960.
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Williams, Zach, 1884-1958.
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Bowman, Laura, 1881-1957.
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Grant, Alfred, 1912-1984.
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Bufford, Daisy, 1913-1987.
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Davis, Ossie.
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Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951.
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Mahon, Carl.
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Calloway, Starr.
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Russell, Alice B.
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Brooks, Eunice.
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Harris, Edna Mae, 1910-1997.
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Newsome, Carman.
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Sack, Alfred N.
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Southern Methodist University. Southwest Film/Video Archives.
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United Films.
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Sack Amusement Enterprises.
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Platinum Disc Corporation.
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| Added Title |
Son of Ingagi.
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Girl from Chicago.
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Lying lips.
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| Standard No. |
096009210694 |
| Music No. |
21069 Platinum |
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