<I>Spirit of Youth</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1938
name: label: Directed by
content: Harry L. Fraser, American, 1889 - 1974
label: Written by
content: Arthur Hoerl, American, 1891 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Joe Louis, American, 1914 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Edna Mae Harris, American, 1910 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: Mantan Moreland, American, 1902 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: Tom Southern, American, 1906 - 1980
label: Subject of
content: Jess Lee Brooks, American, 1894 - 1944
label: Subject of
content: Marguerite Whitten, American, 1913 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: Clarence Brooks, American, 1896 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Mae Turner, American, 1908 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: Clarence Muse, American, 1889 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: Cleo Desmond, American, 1880 - 1958
label: Subject of
content: Jewel Smith
label: Subject of
content: The Plantation Chior
label: Subject of
content: The Creole Chorus
label: Subject of
content: The Big Apple Dancers
notes: label: Description
content: A 16mm release print of the feature film Spirit of Youth. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound.
label: Description
content: In the opening scene, children can be seen playing outside. Young Joe Thomas’s mother calls him inside to clean himself before his father’s arrival from work. However, when his father returns to the family home it is revealed that he was injured by a falling castor and probably will never walk again. The rest of the film is loosely based on the life of American heavyweight boxer Joe Louis. The lead character, adult Joe Thomas, is played by Joe Louis himself. The film closes with a boxing match between Joe and a fellow boxer.
place: label: Place filmed
content: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Boxing
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Race films
label: Topic
content: Sports
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.167.19.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: release prints (motion pictures)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 65 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 1): 1300 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 2): 1100 Feet