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Dec 2, 2020 · Paul Robeson Marshall Rogers Lawrence Chenault Chester A. Alexander Addeddate 2020-12-02 23:45:33 Closed captioning no Director Oscar Micheaux External-identifier urn:imdb:tt0015634 urn:rottentomatoes:body_and_soul_state_of_the_jewish_nation Genre Drama Identifier silent-body-and-soul Scanner Internet Archive Python library 1.9.6
All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson (1898-1976) was a towering figure and a trailblazer many times over. He was perhaps most groundbreaking, however, in the medium of film. The son of an escaped slave, Robeson managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America, headlining everything from fellow pioneer ...
Oscar Micheaux. Director, Screenplay. 80. Written by talisencrw on March 1, 2016. A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and betrays an honest girl, eventually driving them both to ruin.
Feb 26, 2017 · Body and Soul (1925) A Silent Film Review. Paul Robeson makes his film debut in this Oscar Micheaux melodrama. Robeson plays dual roles: a horrible convict posing as a preacher and his sweet twin brother, a would be inventor. Micheaux’s signature pointed social commentary is on display in this rare surviving film from his silent career.
May 15, 2020 · Actor Danny Glover and TCM Silent Sundays host Jacqueline Stewart talk about the landmark silent classic Body and Soul, starring Paul Robeson and directed by...
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Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist includes two silent films (Body and Soul, a melodrama railing against the hypocrisies of the church, made by the pioneering black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux; and Borderline, a startlingly inventive story of an interracial love rectangle, made by film theorist Kenneth Macpherson), both given additional ...
