<I>Son of Ingagi</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1940
name: label: Directed by
content: Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960
label: Written by
content: Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969
label: Produced by
content: Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960
label: Distributed by
content: Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969
label: Subject of
content: Zack Williams, American, 1884 - 1958
label: Subject of
content: Laura Bowman, American, 1881 - 1957
label: Subject of
content: Alfred Grant, American, 1912 - 1984
label: Subject of
content: Daisy Bufford, American, 1913 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Jesse Graves, American, 1879 - 1949
label: Subject of
content: Arthur Ray, American, 1888 - 1942
label: Subject of
content: Earle Morris, American, born 1897
label: Subject of
content: The Four Toppers, American
notes: label: Description
content: A 16mm release print of the feature film Son of Ingagi. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film (a) and (b) with variable-area optical sound. Two (2) metal film reels (c) and (d), and a film shipping box (e) also accompany the 16mm films. A pink and white label is taped onto the shipping box, with ["SON OF INGAGI"/ +/ "LYING LIPS"/ (SAFETY)] handwritten onto it in black ink; [WALD TRANSFER & STORAGE CO.] is printed on the bottom of the label in pink uppercase letters. There are three (3) other labels on the shipping box, all of which are blue and white. Two (2) of the other labels also have information handwritten onto them.
label: Description
content: The film opens with a couple, Eleanor (Daisy Bufford) and Bob Lindsay (Alfred Grant), getting married inside a church. On their way out of the church, they are greeted by Mr. Bradshaw (Earle Morris), a divorce attorney, who congratulates them on their nuptials. Shortly after, two other individuals, Dr. Helen Jackson (Laura Bowman) and Detective Nelson (Spencer Williams), join Mr. Bradshaw. The rest of the film follows Dr. Jackson’s attempt to conceal a creature she brought back from a recent trip to Africa.
place: label: Place filmed
content: United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Race films
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2015.167.18.1a-e
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: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film, metal and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 70 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 1): 1000 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 2): 900 Feet