<I>Sepia Cinderella</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1947
name: label: Directed by
content: Arthur H. Leonard, American, 1904 - 1956
label: Written by
content: Vincent Andrew Valentini, American, 1895 - 1948
label: Edited by
content: Jack Kemp
label: Subject of
content: Sheila Guyse, American, 1925 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Billy Daniels, American, 1915 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Tondaleyo, American, 1912 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Hilda Offley, American, 1894 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Ruble Blakey, American, 1911 - 1992
label: Subject of
content: Emory Richardson, American, 1894 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Jack Carter, American, 1902 - 1967
label: Subject of
content: Percy Verwayne, American, 1895 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Dusty Freeman
label: Subject of
content: George Williams
label: Subject of
content: Fred Gordon
label: Subject of
content: Al Young
label: Subject of
content: Harold Norton, American, 1912 - 1985
label: Subject of
content: Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022
notes: label: Caption
content: A struggling songwriter finds a muse in his girlfriend, who inspires him write his next hit. After finding success, he falls under the sway of a beautiful club owner.
label: Description
content: A 16mm release print of the feature film Sepia Cinderella. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound.
label: Description
content: The first scene opens with a band performing for Barbara (Sheila Guyse), the film’s protagonist, and her adoptive mother Mama Keyes (Hilda Offley). At the end of the performance, the band exits the room while Mama Keyes and Barbara remain behind, engaging in a conversation about their relationship and the death of Barbara’s parents. Later in the film, Barbara inspires her love interest, Bob (Billy Daniels), to write a song. After finding success in this latest song, Bob falls under the sway of a club owner named Vivian (Tondaleyo).
place: label: Place filmed
content: New York City, New York County, New York, 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: Business
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Race films
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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: 2015.167.17.1ab
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: 70 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 1): 1130 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 2): 1250 Feet