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Ten minutes to live / A. Burton Russell presents ; adaptation, dialogue & direction by Oscar Micheaux.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Drama.
- African Americans.
- Nightclubs--Drama.
- Nightclubs.
- Genre:
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Race films
- Musical films
- Crime films
- Drama
- Suspense films.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Crime films.
- Musical films.
- Race films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (58 min.)) : sound, black and white
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Oscar Micheaux's Ten minutes to live
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Micheaux Pictures Corp., [1932]
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- This crime drama from the 1930's features an all African-American cast and the story centers upon a nightclub and it's collection of customers and staff. Jealousy and revenge play a part in the stories of patrons and performers at the night club, with plenty of action and suspense thrown in for good measure, as well as some entertaining musical and dance numbers. A fine example of the film-making efforts from the pioneer African-American directors and production companies of the 1930's, who made films that were typically excluded from mainstream movie houses due to the prevailing attitudes of the time.
- Participant:
- Lawrence Chenault, A.B. Comathiere, Laura Bowman, Willor Lee Guilford, Tressie Mitchell, Mabel Garrett, Carl Mahon, Galle de Gaston, George Williams, Lorenzo Tucker, Wm. A. Clayton Jr.
- Credits:
- Musical arrangement and floor show, Donald Heywood ; photography, Lester Lang.
- Notes:
- Adapted from the three short stories of "Harlem after midnight."
- Originally produced as a motion picture 1932.
- Online resource; title from title frames (viewed April 24, 2023).
- OCLC:
- 144607606
- Publisher Number:
- 1278678 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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