The Midnight Ace is a 1928 American crime film. [1] [2] Abe DeComathiere, Mabel Kelly and Oscar Roy Dugas starred. [3] The film was directed by John H. Wade for Swan Micheaux's Dunbar Film Company. Swan Micheaux was Oscar Micheaux's brother. [4] Swan had worked for Oscar before a falling out over his management of finances. Swan left and formed the Dunbar film company but it only made this film. [5] [6]
The movie's plot depicts a young woman falling for a man who she does not know is a criminal. A detective tracks him down and falls for the woman. [7] The film was adapted from a story by Jack Harrison, and was planned to be the first of several of his stories to be adapted by the film company. [8]
Cast
- Abe DeComathiere
- Mabel Kelly
- Oscar Ray Dugas
- Walter Cornick
- Susie Sutton [7]
References
- ^ Sampson, Henry T. (July 10, 1995). Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810826052 – via Google Books.
- ^ Pitts, Michael R. (July 10, 2004). Famous Movie Detectives III. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810836907 – via Google Books.
- ^ Musser, Charles; Gaines, Jane Marie; Bowser, Pearl (March 28, 2016). Oscar Micheaux and His Circle: African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253021557 – via Google Books.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
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^
"Archived copy". Archived from
the original on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) - ^ Lupack, Barbara Tepa; Lupack, Royalty Account Barbara (July 10, 2002). Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema: From Micheaux to Toni Morrison. University Rochester Press. ISBN 9781580461030 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "The Midnight Ace". www.tcm.com.
- ^ "Midnight Ace, The (1928)". The Pittsburgh Courier. March 24, 1928. p. 15 – via newspapers.com.
The Midnight Ace is a 1928 American crime film. [1] [2] Abe DeComathiere, Mabel Kelly and Oscar Roy Dugas starred. [3] The film was directed by John H. Wade for Swan Micheaux's Dunbar Film Company. Swan Micheaux was Oscar Micheaux's brother. [4] Swan had worked for Oscar before a falling out over his management of finances. Swan left and formed the Dunbar film company but it only made this film. [5] [6]
The movie's plot depicts a young woman falling for a man who she does not know is a criminal. A detective tracks him down and falls for the woman. [7] The film was adapted from a story by Jack Harrison, and was planned to be the first of several of his stories to be adapted by the film company. [8]
Cast
- Abe DeComathiere
- Mabel Kelly
- Oscar Ray Dugas
- Walter Cornick
- Susie Sutton [7]
References
- ^ Sampson, Henry T. (July 10, 1995). Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810826052 – via Google Books.
- ^ Pitts, Michael R. (July 10, 2004). Famous Movie Detectives III. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810836907 – via Google Books.
- ^ Musser, Charles; Gaines, Jane Marie; Bowser, Pearl (March 28, 2016). Oscar Micheaux and His Circle: African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253021557 – via Google Books.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
-
^
"Archived copy". Archived from
the original on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) - ^ Lupack, Barbara Tepa; Lupack, Royalty Account Barbara (July 10, 2002). Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema: From Micheaux to Toni Morrison. University Rochester Press. ISBN 9781580461030 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "The Midnight Ace". www.tcm.com.
- ^ "Midnight Ace, The (1928)". The Pittsburgh Courier. March 24, 1928. p. 15 – via newspapers.com.