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A Daughter of the Congo
(1930) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 7934 feet
Directed by Oscar Micheaux

Cast: Katherine Noisette [Lupelta], Lorenzo Tucker, [?] Clarence Redd or Clarence Reed?, Willor Lee Guilford, Daisy Harding, Roland Irving, Joe Byrd, Wilhelmina Williams, Alice B. Russell, Charles Moore, Gertrude Snelson, Percy Verwayn, Madame Robinson, Salem Tutt Whitney, Speedy Wilson, Rudolph Dawson

Micheaux Picture Company production; distributed by Micheaux Picture Company. / Produced by Oscar Micheaux. From a screen story by Henry F. Downing. Song “That Gets It” by Roland Irving and Earl B. Westfield (music and lyrics). / Premiered 5 April 1930 in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Africa - African-Americans - Mulattos - Race film - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 26 February 2010.

References: Null-Black pp. 44, 45 : Website-AFI.