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Midnight Shadow

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Midnight Shadow
Directed byGeorge Randol
Screenplay byArthur Reed
Produced byGeorge Randol
Alfred N. Sack
StarringFrances Redd
Ollie Ann Robinson
Clinton Rosemond
Laurence Criner
CinematographyArthur Reed
Edited byRobert Jahns
Music byJohnny Lange
Lew Porter
Production
company
George Randol Productions
Distributed bySack Amusement Enterprises
Release date
  • 1939 (1939)
Running time
54 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Midnight Shadow is a 1939 film with an all African-American cast. It was directed and produced by George Randol, who was also African American.

Plot

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The mind-reading Prince Alihabad courts a girl from Oklahoma played by Frances E. Redd. Her parents want to make her happy, but they do not like that Alihabad worships Allah. A killer is on the loose and locals fear that it might be Alihabad.

Cast

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Book coverage

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The film was briefly discussed in terms of plot and as an African American production in the books Hollywood Be Thy Name: African American Religion in American Film, 1929-1949[1] and Whispered Consolations: Law and Narrative in African American Life.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Weisenfeld, Judith (January 8, 2007). Hollywood Be Thy Name: African American Religion in American Film, 1929-1949. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520940666. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
  2. ^ Christian Suggs, Jon (February 15, 2000). Whispered Consolations: Law and Narrative in African American Life. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472022822. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
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