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Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (US: / m ɪ ˈ ʃ oʊ / ⓘ; (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films.. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by black filmmakers, [1] Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, a prominent ...
God's Step Children is a 1938 American drama film directed by Oscar Micheaux and starring Jacqueline Lewis. [1] The film is inspired by a combination of elements shared from two previously released Hollywood productions, Imitation of Life and These Three .
Alice Burton Russell (June 30, 1889 – January 1, 1985) was an African-American actress, [1] producer, and the wife of director Oscar Micheaux. [2] She appeared in several films directed by her husband.
Oscar Micheaux: Known for: ... Children: 2: Dorothy Van Engle (August 14, 1910 – May 10, 2004) was an American actress who performed throughout the 1930s.
In the mid-1930s, she began working with filmmaker Oscar Micheaux; her first film role was as "The Bronze Venus", an artist's model who is seen nearly nude on screen, in Micheaux's Temptation (1936). The pair followed that success with Underworld (1937), in which Moses plays a college student, and God's Step Children (also 1937), in which she ...
One Daytime Emmy Award (2000 for Outstanding Performer in Children's Special for Summer's End) ... One Chicago Film Critics Association Oscar Micheaux Award (2011) Three Black Reel Awards nominations.
Lil Rel Howery has a full house, and he is loving every moment of it.. While attending the Micheaux Film Festival in Culver City, Calif. on Sunday, Oct. 27, the comedian, 44, opened up about his ...
Pages in category "Films directed by Oscar Micheaux" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. ... God's Step Children; The Gunsaulus Mystery; H.