Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other uniform titles: | Chenault, Lawrence, 1877-
Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951.
Fleming, Walter.
Tucker, Lorenzo.
Bowman, Laura, 1881-1957.
Lewis, Lucille.
Mahon, Carl.
Guy, Barrington.
Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932. House behind the cedars.
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Other authors / contributors: | Micheaux Film Corporation.
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Notes: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1932. Based on the novel: The house behind the cedars / by Charles Waddell Chesnutt. Director-writer-producer, Oscar Micheaux. Cast: Lawrence Chenault, Walter Fleming, Lorenzo Tucker, Laura Bowman, Lucille Lewis, Carl Mahon, Barrington Guy, Bernardine Mason.
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Summary: | Twenty years after leaving home, John Walden returns, having achieved his ambition to become a lawyer. He and his mother, Molly, discuss the marital situation of his sister, Rena, and the racial complications it poses. Molly asks John to break up Rena's romance with Frank because she disapproves of him and wants her daughter to marry a man of more refinement. Eventually, after trying to live the life her family desires for her, Rena renounces trying to pass for white, and is reunited with Frank.
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