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Oscar Micheaux, the great and only : the life of America's first Black filmmaker
- Title
- Oscar Micheaux, the great and only : the life of America's first Black filmmaker / Patrick McGilligan.
- Author
- McGilligan, Patrick.
- Publication
- New York : HarperCollins, c2007.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | MWES (Micheaux, O.) 08-1710 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 07-769 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- vii, 402 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Great and only Oscar Micheaux
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-390) and index.
- Includes filmography: p. 352-366.
- "Works by Oscar Micheaux": p. [351].
- Contents
- 1884-1900: Metropolis, Illinois -- 1900-1904: black Metropolis -- 1904-1906: the rosebud -- 1906-1908: the one true woman -- 1908-1909: a new persona -- 1909-1912: hammer blows -- 1912-1914: dark days -- 1914-1918: the film bug -- 1919-1921: a tongue of fire -- 1921-1922: Harlem and Roanoke -- 1923-1924: the pale of the law -- 1925-1927: straws in the wind -- 1928-1931: a miracle rebound -- 1931-1935: Jews with money -- 1936-1940: reaping and sowing -- 1941-1947: the wind from nowhere -- 1947-1951: ahead of time.
- Call Number
- Sc E 07-769
- ISBN
- 0060731397
- 9780060731397
- LCCN
- 2007060735
- OCLC
- 80918210
- Author
- McGilligan, Patrick.
- Title
- Oscar Micheaux, the great and only : the life of America's first Black filmmaker / Patrick McGilligan.
- Imprint
- New York : HarperCollins, c2007.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-390) and index.Includes filmography: p. 352-366."Works by Oscar Micheaux": p. [351].
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 07-769MWES (Micheaux, O.) 08-1710