George Perry Johnson (October 29, 1885 - October 17, 1977[1]) was a film producer, writer, and newsreel producer in the United States. He produced Lincoln Motion Picture Company films with his brother Noble Johnson and later produced newsreels for African American audiences.[2][3][4]
He graduated from the Hampton Institute in Virginia in 1904. He moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma and established The Tulsa Guide newspaper in 1906. In 1913 he moved to Omaha, Nebraska and worked at the U.S. Post Office. He later settled in Los Angeles and worked as a writer, producer, and distributor for the Lincoln Motion Picture Company during its existence from 1916 until 1923 while also working for the post office. After the film company closed he established the Pacific Coast News Bureau in 1923. It lasted until 1927.[5]
Filmography edit
- By Right of Birth (1921), story author[6]
References edit
- ^ "Johnson, Noble and George | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Johnson (George P.) Negro Film Collection". oac.cdlib.org.
- ^ "Noble and George Johnson -The Lincoln Motion Picture Company". normanstudios.org. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ Michaels, Camille R. (July 15, 2017). African Americans in Film: Issues of Race in Hollywood. Greenhaven Publishing LLC. ISBN 9781534560819 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Johnson (George P.) Negro Film Collection". oac.cdlib.org.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160519202751/http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/lincoln-motion-picture-company-first-black-cinema#
External links edit
- "A Biography of George P. Johnson" by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com
- Tulsa Guide newsclipping showing staff
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