Scar of shame [videorecording]
In no film was the racial theme more apparent than in this story about an ill-matched marriage between a black concert pianist and a poor, lower class young black woman. Secretly ashamed of her, the young man keeps his wife hidden from his socially-prominent middle-class mother. Despite the melodram...
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| Other title: | Scar of shame (Motion picture) |
| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Illinois :
Facets Video [Distributor],
©1993.
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| Series: | African American film heritage video series.
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| Summary: | In no film was the racial theme more apparent than in this story about an ill-matched marriage between a black concert pianist and a poor, lower class young black woman. Secretly ashamed of her, the young man keeps his wife hidden from his socially-prominent middle-class mother. Despite the melodrama, it is a strong statement on the issues of class and the color caste system which existed within the African-American community, as well as probing questions of ambition and authority. This was the first film of the Colored Players Film Corp. of Philadelphia. |
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| Item Description: | Videocassette release of the 1927 silent motion picture. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (90 min.) : silent with intertitles and music, black and white ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS format. |
| Production Credits: | Story by David Starkman ; directed by Frank Perugini ; photography, Al Liguori. |
| ISBN: | 1565800648 |
| Participant or Performer: | Harry Henderson, Lucia Lynn Moses, Norman Johnstone, Ann Kennedy, William E. Pettus, Pearl MacCormick, Lawrence Chenault. |