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Oscar Micheaux: Classic Oscar Michaux poster promotionals

Resources and references on the filmmaker

His progression in Filmmaking

Through the end of the 1920s, Micheaux would eventually move away from movies centered around racial themes.  The Millionaire was his first non-race-related silent film (Cripps, 1977).  It is about a wealthy ex-military man who meets and falls in love with a woman, who works in the seedy underground and the soldier tries to reform her.  Meanwhile, the woman tries to trap him in marriage (https://media.dream13.com/the-millionaire-1927/).

 

 

 

 

Note: the bibliography sources of the posters and handbills are in the "Bibliography" section.

Original Posters and flyer of his films

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Micheaux, O., Micheaux, O., Bishop, A., Moses, E., & Tucker, L. (1935, January 1). Temptation. IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027082/

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/poster-for-oscar-micheauxs-1939-drama-lying-lips-starring-news-photo/531646959

A poster for Oscar Micheaux’s 1939 drama “Lying Lips” starring Edna... (n.d.). Getty Images. Retrieved November 27, 2022, from https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/poster-for-oscar-micheauxs-1939-drama-lying-lips-starring-news-photo/531646959

https://letterboxd.com/film/murder-in-harlem/

Murder In Harlem (1935). (n.d.). Letterboxd.com. Retrieved November 27, 2022, from https://letterboxd.com/film/murder-in-harlem/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011870/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011870/mediaviewer/rm3361019904?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_pos_10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_%281938_film%29

Wikipedia Contributors. (2022, August 24). Swing (1938 film). Wikipedia; Wikimedia Foundation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_%281938_film%29#/media/File:Swing_poster.jpg

https://www.gettyimages.co.nz/detail/news-photo/movie-poster-advertises-birthright-directed-by-oscar-news-photo/129828762

Movie poster advertises “Birthright” directed by Oscar Micheaux and... (n.d.). Getty Images. Retrieved November 27, 2022, from https://www.gettyimages.co.nz/detail/news-photo/movie-poster-advertises-birthright-directed-by-oscar-news-photo/129828762

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028942/

God’s Step Children (1938). (n.d.). IMDb. Retrieved November 27, 2022, from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028942/mediaviewer/rm683089920/?ref_=tt_ov_i

https://blackcinemaconnection.com/2014/07/20/the-homesteader/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_film#/media/File:The_Homesteader_1919_newspaperad.jpg

The Homesteader. (2014, July 21). Black Cinema Connection. https://blackcinemaconnection.com/2014/07/20/the-homesteader/

https://www.daaracarchive.org/2018/02/oscar-micheaux-filmography.html

SelfScience. (n.d.). Oscar Micheaux Filmography. Retrieved November 27, 2022, from https://www.daaracarchive.org/2018/02/oscar-micheaux-filmography.html

https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-4k6vyg/body-and-soul/

Body And Soul (1925). (n.d.). Radio Times. Retrieved November 27, 2022, from https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-4k6vyg/body-and-soul/
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