Alec Lovejoy
Black and Tan
as Piano MoverDuke Ellington plays hot jazz in a fictional story that finds him down on his luck; he tries in...
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Murder In Harlem
as Lem HawkinsA Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After...
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Murder on Lenox Avenue
as Flivver Johnson (as Alex Lovejoy)Dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house center around Pa Wilkins, chosen by the Better...
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Paradise in Harlem
as MiseryIt is the story of a comedian Lem Anderson who dreams of playing in Shakespeare scenes but he is...
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St. Louis Blues
as Gambler (uncredited)In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy...
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Moon Over Harlem
as FatsHardworking Minnie (Cora Green) marries "Dollar" Bill (Bud Harris) a shady gambler after her...
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Birthright
as Tump PackAfter graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown,...
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Birthright
as uncreditedBirthright is a 1924 film by Oscar Micheaux in 10 reels, adapted from Thomas Sigismund...
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God's Step Children
as Ontrue CowperNaomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs....
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Swing!
as Lem Jackson / Big JonesTed Gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway, but he has...
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