Midnight Shadow
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.
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| Midnight Shadow |
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| George Randol |
| Arthur Reed |
| George RandolAlfred N. Sack |
| Frances ReddOllie Ann RobinsonClinton RosemondLaurence Criner |
| Arthur Reed |
| Robert Jahns |
| Johnny LangeLew Porter |
| George Randol Productions |
| Sack Amusement Enterprises |
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| 1939 (1939) |
| 54 min |
| United States |
| English |
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.
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.
- Frances Redd as Margaret Wilson
- Buck Woods as Lightfoot
- Richard Bates as Jr. Lingley
- Clinton Rosemond as Mr. Dan Wilson
- Jesse Lee Brooks as Sergeant Ramsey
- Edward Brandon as Buster Barnett
- Ollie Ann Robinson as Mrs. Emma Wilson
- Laurence Criner (billed as John Criner) as Prince Alihabad
- Pete Webster (actor) as John Mason
- Ruby Dandridge as Mrs. Lingley
- Napoleon Simpson as Mr. Ernest Lingley
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 and Whispered Consolations: Law and Narrative in African American Life.
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- Full Cast and Crew: Midnight Shadow (1939), IMdB
- Midnight Shadow at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
- Midnight Shadow at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- "Ruth Lankford Redd Accompanies the Negro Community Chorus of Columbia, Missouri", undated photograph from Columbia, MO includes John Roland Redd's sisters Ruth Lankford Redd (accompanist) and Frances Elizabeth Redd, Collection: African Americans in Northeast Missouri, Hannibal Free Library
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