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Author:

McGilligan, Patrick.

Title:

Oscar Micheaux, the great and only : the life of America's first Black filmmaker / Patrick McGilligan.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

HarperCollins,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

vii, 402 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Micheaux, Oscar,--1884-1951.
Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.
African American motion picture producers and directors--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-390) and index. Includes filmography: p. 352-366. "Works by Oscar Micheaux": p. [351].

Contents:

1884-1900: Metropolis, Illinois -- 1900-1904: black Metropolis -- 1904-1906: the rosebud -- 1906-1908: the one true woman -- 1908-1909: a new persona -- 1909-1912: hammer blows -- 1912-1914: dark days -- 1914-1918: the film bug -- 1919-1921: a tongue of fire -- 1921-1922: Harlem and Roanoke -- 1923-1924: the pale of the law -- 1925-1927: straws in the wind -- 1928-1931: a miracle rebound -- 1931-1935: Jews with money -- 1936-1940: reaping and sowing -- 1941-1947: the wind from nowhere -- 1947-1951: ahead of time.

ISBN:

9780060731397
0060731397

LCCN:

2007060735

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

E7OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)