<I>Midnight Shadow</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1939
name: label: Directed by
content: George Elwood Randol, American, 1895 - 1973
label: Directed by
content: Charles Hawkins, American
label: Produced by
content: George Elwood Randol, American, 1895 - 1973
label: Distributed by
content: Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: Ruby Dandridge, American, 1900 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Frances Redd, American, 1917 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Buck Woods, American, 1905 - 1974
label: Subject of
content: Jess Lee Brooks, American, 1894 - 1944
label: Subject of
content: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Ollie Ann Robinson
label: Subject of
content: Clinton Rosemond, American, 1882 - 1966
label: Subject of
content: Edward Brandon, Jamaican, 1907 - 1980
label: Subject of
content: Richard Bates
label: Subject of
content: Pete Webster, American, 1905 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Napoleon Simposon, American, 1902 - 1967
notes: label: Description
content: A 16mm release print of the feature film Midnight Shadow. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical. In the film’s opening scene, Prince Alihabad (Laurence Criner) addresses Mr. Dan Wilson (Clinton Rosemond) and Mrs. Emma Wilson (Ollie Ann Robinson), his love interest’s parents. Prince Alihabad, who is next to the dining table and wears a turban says to the couple, “When possible, I live in private homes, that is the only way I can get the quiet and rest I must have in my work.” The men then engage in a conversation about religion. The rest of the film chronicles Prince Alihabad’s attempts to court Margaret Wilson (Frances Redd), Mr. and Mrs. Wilson’s daughter. After a man burglarizes The Wilson’s home and murders Don Wilson, detectives try to solve the crime.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Film
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: 2015.167.14.1ab
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: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 57 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 1): 700 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 2): 1240 Feet