A Prince of His Race (1926) [Lost Film]

The Pittsburgh Courier

Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Sat, Jan 29, 1927 · Page 15

The Bee

Danville, Danville, Virginia

Mon, Feb 14, 1927 · Page 12

 

The Pittsburgh Courier

Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Sat, Oct 16, 1926 · Page 9

The Pittsburgh Courier

Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Sat, Oct 16, 1926 · Page 9

The New York Age

New York, New York, New York

Sat, Dec 04, 1926 · Page 6

The Pittsburgh Courier

Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Sat, Aug 28, 1926 · Page 9

The New York Age

New York, New York, New York

Sat, Aug 28, 1926 · Page 6

Starring:

• Harry Henderson
• William A. Clayton Jr.
• Ethel Smith
• Shingzie Howard
• Lawrence Chenault
• Arline Mickey

Storyline
The story deals with a young man who is sent to prison on the evidence of one whom he thought was his friend. The hero is ostracized by the townfolk after his release from prison. This forces him to leave town and incidentally leads him towards success. The friend whom he went to prison to save proves false and bribes the father of the hero's sweetheart to persuade her to marry him. Having successfully intercepted all of the letters of the missing lover, he feels all is going according to plan, and proceeds to plan the wedding. The bride is all ready, and the bridesmaids are in waiting, the preacher arrives — what happens next is the climax of the picture.

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

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

Starring:

• Evelyn Preer
• Lawrence Chenault
• Percy Verwayen
• Alma Sewell
• Sidney Easton

Storyline
Screenplay adapted from Charles Chestnutt's novel by the same title.

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

Reverend S. S. Jones - Home Movies [1924-1928]

Reverend Solomon Sir Jones documented African-American life, culture, and success in Oklahoma a few years after the Tulsa Race Riots. His films demonstrate the nuance and diversity of the Black community during the period. His camera captures children, deacons, young professionals, homemakers, businessmen, community leaders, landowners, field workers, students, and neighbors. Some of his subjects included formerly enslaved men and women and their descendants who built these thriving towns. Together, these communities worked, worshiped, played celebrated, loved and mourned together. Jones takes considerable care to illustrate how they built something special - self-sustaining and self-determined societies.

-Mary N. Elliot, Museum Specialist at the National Museum of African-American History and Culture

This film was restored by Kino Lorber which was archived in the Library of Congress and released in a 5 disc box set: Pioneers of African American Cinema.

Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926)

Starring:

• Charles Gilpin
• Myra Burwell
• Lawrence Chenault
• Harry Henderson 
• William A. Clayton Jr. 
• Ethel Smith 
• Arline Mickey

 
Storyline
A man is swindled out of his mill business and turns to drink. After losing his daughter who is hit in the head by a glass during a bar brawl, he is reborn and runs for mayor a couple years later.

Based on the popular temperance poem by Timothy Shay Arthur, this rarely-seen version was performed by an African-American cast, and features an especially compelling performance by Charles Gilpin. It is the only surviving film produced by the Colored Players Film Corporation of Philadelphia, and was mastered from 35mm film elements preserved by the George Eastman House.

This film was restored by Kino Lorber which was archived in the Library of Congress and released in a 5 disc box set: Pioneers of African American Cinema.

The Flying Ace (1926)

Starring:

• Laurence Criner
• Kathryn Boyd
• Boise De Legge
• Harold Platts 
• Lions Daniels 
• George Colvin 
• Sam Jordan 
• R.L. Brown 
• Steve Reynolds

Storyline
A veteran World War I fighter pilot returns home a war hero and immediately regains his former job as a railroad company detective. His first case: recover a stolen satchel filled with $25,000 of company payroll, locate a missing employee, and capture a gang of railroad thieves. The film was divided into four chapters, so that exhibitors could show the film as a feature or as a four-episode serial.

This film was restored by Kino Lorber which was archived in the Library of Congress and released in a 5 disc box set: Pioneers of African American Cinema.