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Directed by Oscar MicheauxOrigin USAGenres DramaActors Lawrence Chenault,
Louis Dean,
Leigh WhipperRating58%
Eve Mason is a “white-skinned” African American who inherits a large amount of land after the death of her grandfather Dick Mason, an old prospector. She leaves her hometown of Selma, Alabama for the Northwest to settle in a place called Oristown. Upon arrival she decides to stay in the Driscoll Hotel but its owner, Jefferson Driscoll, has developed a hatred for African-Americans and forces Eve to sleep outside in a barn. In the morning she meets a kind young prospector named Hugh Van Allen, who also happens to be her new neighbor. They become fast friends and Van Allen offers Eve a ride to her new house. When they get there Van Allen continues to show kindness and helps Eve get settled into her new home. Before leaving he gives Eve a gun and tells her to shoot it twice if she’s ever in trouble. That way he will know to come right over.Directed by Edward SlomanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
FantasticActors T.D. Crittenden,
Chance WardRating73%
Le brave docteur Hugh Standing assiste à une pièce de théâtre avec sa fiancée, Faith Levering. Dans la loge en face de la sienne, est assis Tubbs, un homme politique. Une main armée d'un revolver surgit de derrière le docteur Standing et tire sur Tubbs. Accusé du meurtre parce qu'il a ramassé l'arme abandonnée par l'assassin, Hugh est emmené au commissariat.