God's Step Children (1938)
Overview
Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.
Cast
Ethel Moses
Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva
Alice B. Russell
Mrs. Saunders
Trixie Smith
A Visitor
Carman Newsome
Adult Jimmie
Gloria Press
Adult Naomi
Alec Lovejoy
Ontrue Cowper
Columbus Jackson
Cowper's Associate
Charles R. Moore
School Superintent
Consuela Harris
Muscle Dancer (Consuelo Harris)
Leon Gross
Orchestra Leader
Dorothy Van Engle
Naomi's Mother
Cherokee Thornton
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