Ebony Film Corporation was a film company established in Chicago in 1915 as Historical Feature Film Company. [1] Its films were distributed "exclusively" by General Film Company. The company's films and its depictions of African Americans caused outrage and opposition from African Americans. [1] The company used a logo of a monkey in blackface. [2] The business folded in 1919. [3]
The company produced two-reel Westerns, newsreels, and documentaries [4] as well as several short comedy films with African American casts depicting degrading racial stereotypes. A Reckless Rover is a 1918 slapstick comedy film that survives in the Library of Congress' collection. The film credits C. N. David as its director and features a man who does not want to get out of bed pursued by bumbling Keystone Cops style antics. He is put to work in a Chinese laundry and various antics ensue. [5] Sam Robinson starred in several of Ebony's slapstick comedy films. Luther J. Pollard was credited as a producer. [6] [7]
One of the company's advertisements listed its film offerings and teased the coming of a film adaptation of Eldred Kurtz Means' story "Good Luck in Old Clothes" s from the Tickfall Tales series. [8] The film was produced. [9]
Ebony Film Corporation was a film company established in Chicago in 1915 as Historical Feature Film Company. [1] Its films were distributed "exclusively" by General Film Company. The company's films and its depictions of African Americans caused outrage and opposition from African Americans. [1] The company used a logo of a monkey in blackface. [2] The business folded in 1919. [3]
The company produced two-reel Westerns, newsreels, and documentaries [4] as well as several short comedy films with African American casts depicting degrading racial stereotypes. A Reckless Rover is a 1918 slapstick comedy film that survives in the Library of Congress' collection. The film credits C. N. David as its director and features a man who does not want to get out of bed pursued by bumbling Keystone Cops style antics. He is put to work in a Chinese laundry and various antics ensue. [5] Sam Robinson starred in several of Ebony's slapstick comedy films. Luther J. Pollard was credited as a producer. [6] [7]
One of the company's advertisements listed its film offerings and teased the coming of a film adaptation of Eldred Kurtz Means' story "Good Luck in Old Clothes" s from the Tickfall Tales series. [8] The film was produced. [9]