The Broken Violin is an American silent film directed by Oscar Micheaux, released in 1928.[1][2][3]
| The Broken Violin | |
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| Directed by | Oscar Micheaux |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film is based on Micheaux's unpublished novel, House of Mystery.[4] It is about a beautiful African-American prodigy who plays violin. She overcomes her impoverished background and alcoholic father (who breaks her violin), in order to find success in music and love.[5][6]
Cast edit
J. Homer Tutt, one of the Tutt Brothers, and Oscar Micheaux's wife Alice B. Russell starred in the film.[1][5] Tutt, an accomplished vaudeville performer and producer with his brother, also had a lead role in Micheaux's films Birthright; these were his only known feature film roles. Tutt also appeared in short 1929 musical film Jailhouse Blues.
Birthright was Russell's first film, and she starred in a dozen more.[7]
- J. Homer Tutt[1]
- Ardell Dabney[5]
- Alice B. Russell[7]
- Ike Paul[5]
- Daisy Foster[5]
- Gertrude Snelson[5]
- Boots Hope[5]
- Ehtel Smith[5]
- W. Hill[5]
- William A. Clayton, Jr.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "The Broken Violin / Oscar Micheaux [motion picture]". Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Performing Arts Database, Library of Congress.
- ^ Green, J. Ronald (2004-03-18). With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux. Indiana University Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-253-02770-2.
- ^ a b Musser, Charles; Gaines, Jane Marie; Bowser, Pearl (2016-03-28). Oscar Micheaux and His Circle: African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era. Indiana University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-253-02155-7.
- ^ Munden, Kenneth White (January 16, 1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. American Film Institute. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780520209695 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Filmography of Oscar Micheaux, 1919-1948". The Crisis. 86 (4). The Crisis Publishing Company Inc. April 1979. ISSN 0011-1422 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lupack, Barbara (2016-05-26). Early Race Filmmaking in America. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-43424-5.
- ^ a b McCann, Bob (2009-12-21). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. pp. 299–300. ISBN 978-0-7864-5804-2.
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