Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913)

5.2/10 62 min Comedy

Overview

Modeled after a popular collection of stories known as "Brother Gardener's Lime Kiln Club," the plot features three suitors vying to win the hand of the local beauty. Filmed in 1913, but after considerable footage was shot, the film was abandoned. One hundred years later, the seven reels of untitled and unassembled footage were discovered in the film vaults of the Museum of Modern Art, and are now believed to constitute the earliest surviving feature film starring black actors.

Cast

Bert Williams

Bert

Odessa Warren Grey

The Girl

Walker Thompson

Barber Suitor

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