One Large Evening
Not to be confused with the A Night in Coontown sheet music arranged by Max Hoffman
One Large Evening, also known as A Night in Coontown, is a 1914 short American film. It was produced by Hunter Haynes.[1] A short filmed in black and white, Larry Richards describes it as offensive with derogatory stereotypes of blacks.[2] It is set in Harlem.[3]
Lester Walton wrote about how the film was retitled for white audiences.[4][5]
It was an Afro-American Film Company production. The film Mandy's Choice followed.[6]
Cast
[edit]- Charles Sidney Gilpin
- Marie Young (actress)
- Leon Williams (film actor)
- Sara Green Byrd
- Anthony Byrd
- Eva Johnson (actress)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Lupack, Barbara Tepa (November 6, 2023). "The Othering of Women in Silent Film: Cultural, Historical, and Literary Contexts". Lexington Books – via Google Books.
- ^ Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). "African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography". McFarland – via Google Books.
- ^ Massood, Paula J. (January 22, 2013). "Making a Promised Land: Harlem in Twentieth-Century Photography and Film". Rutgers University Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Cripps, Thomas (February 3, 1977). "Slow Fade to Black". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Massood, Paula J. (January 22, 2013). "Making a Promised Land: Harlem in Twentieth-Century Photography and Film". Rutgers University Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Field, Allyson Nadia (May 22, 2015). "Uplift Cinema: The Emergence of African American Film and the Possibility of Black Modernity". Duke University Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Sampson, Henry T. (November 21, 1995). "Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.
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