| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
vii, 402 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-390) and index. |
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Includes filmography: pages 352-366. |
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"Works by Oscar Micheaux": page [351]. |
| Contents |
1884-1900: Metropolis, Illinois -- 1900-1904: black Metropolis -- 1904-1906: the rosebud -- 1906-1908: the one true woman -- 1908-1909: a new persona -- 1909-1912: hammer blows -- 1912-1914: dark days -- 1914-1918: the film bug -- 1919-1921: a tongue of fire -- 1921-1922: Harlem and Roanoke -- 1923-1924: the pale of the law -- 1925-1927: straws in the wind -- 1928-1931: a miracle rebound -- 1931-1935: Jews with money -- 1936-1940: reaping and sowing -- 1941-1947: the wind from nowhere -- 1947-1951: ahead of time. |
| Subject |
Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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African American motion picture producers and directors -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0060731397 |
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9780060731397 |
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