Easy Money

Easy Money 1922

1

Andy Simpson, constable, blacksmith and all-round mechanic of Millbrook, a thrifty little southern town, is looked upon as slow, plodding, and lacking in ambition by all save Margie Watkins, his sweetheart and daughter of the bank president. Margie, however, becomes attracted to J. Overton Tighe (a partner of James Bradford, notorious promoter of "wildcat" investments), who is newly arrived in town in an expensive car. Despite Andy's warnings, the townspeople eagerly buy shares in a phony stock promoted by Tighe.

1922

The Simp

The Simp 1921

1

Little information is known about the nature of this film, it is considered lost.

1921

The Call of His People

The Call of His People 1921

1

Nelson Holmes, a black man posing as a white man, had advanced from office boy to general manager.

1921

The Secret Sorrow

The Secret Sorrow 1921

1

A recent young widow Anne Morgan is thrust into terrible poverty. Unable to care for both of her children, she persuades a prominent black doctor to adopt one of the boys.

1921

The Jazz Hounds

The Jazz Hounds 1921

1

A short narrative comedy production that deals with African American jazz culture. The film was shot using the same cabaret set as was used in The Sport of the Gods at Tolden Studios, Bronx, New York.

1921

The Burden of Race

The Burden of Race 1921

1

A young college educated black man meets a girl of Asian descent and falls in love with her. Their love story was caught up with events burdened up by a racial animosity.

1921

The Schemers

The Schemers 1922

1

A research chemist with a drug company, is close to success in his attempt to develop a chemical substitute for gasoline. Juan Bronson, who is the private secretary of, the president of the company, conspires with to steal Paul's formula.

1922

Spitfire

Spitfire 1970

1

Follows a son of a well-known Black publisher, who has written a novel entitled The Uplift but is told by his publisher that it lacks the aura of reality because he has not lived among the lowly folk about whom he attempts to write.

1970

Ties of Blood

Ties of Blood 1921

1

Little information is known about the nature of this film, it is considered lost.

1921

The Sport of the Gods

The Sport of the Gods 1970

1

The story deals with a man whose fidelity and loyalty are rewarded by his being thrown into prison for the crime of another.

1970