Black Shadows on the Silver Screen - Production & Contact Info

Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (1975)
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TV Movie | 60 min | Documentary

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Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (1975)

Not Rated

TV Movie | 60 min | Documentary

Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

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29 cast members

Name	Known for
Ossie Davis Narrator Narrator See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
Fredi Washington Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	Imitation of Life (1934)
George Johnson Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	A Trooper of Troop K (1917)
Lorenzo Tucker Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947)
Lucia Lynn Moses Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	The Scar of Shame (1929)
Henry Armstrong Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Keep Punching (1939)
Josephine Baker Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Zou Zou (1934)
Leslie Banks Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Clarence Brooks Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Murder in Harlem (1935)
Cab Calloway Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Walter Connolly Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	It Happened One Night (1934)
Miriam Cooper Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Dudley Digges Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Invisible Man (1933)
Duke Ellington Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Marcus Garvey Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend (2011)
Lillian Gish Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Jack Johnson Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Black Thunderbolt (1922)
Noble Johnson Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	King Kong (1933)
Walter Long Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
William Lundigan Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Pinky (1949)
Mae Marsh Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Clarence Muse Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
William E. Pettus Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Scar of Shame (1929)
Bud Pollard Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Girls for Sale! (1927)
Paul Robeson Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Show Boat (1936)
Henry B. Walthall Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Ethel Waters Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Bert Williams Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	A Natural Born Gambler (1916)
Spencer Williams Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Juke Joint (1947)