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Thirty Years Later

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Thirty Years Later
Directed byOscar Micheaux
Produced byOscar Micheaux
StarringWilliam Edmonson
Mabel Kelly
A.B. DeComathiere
Ardelle Dabney
Gertrude Snelson
Production
company
Micheaux Films
Release date
  • 28 February 1928 (1928-02-28)
(USA)
CountryUSA
LanguageNone

Thirty Years Later, is a 1928 American black and white silent drama film directed and produced by Oscar Micheaux for Micheaux Films.[1][2] Thirty Years Later film was based on Henry Francis Downing' The Racial Tangle.[3] The film stars William Edmonson and Mabel Kelly in the lead roles, whereas A.B. DeComathiere, Ardelle Dabney and Gertrude Snelson made supportive roles.[4][5] The film revolves on the love affair between George Eldridge Van Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother, and Hester Morgan, a black girl.[6]

The film is presumed lost without any evidence of reels.[7]

Cast

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  • William Edmonson as George Eldridge Van Paul
  • Mabel Kelly as Hester Morgan
  • A.B. DeComathiere as Habisham Strutt
  • Ardelle Dabney as Clara Booker
  • Gertrude Snelson as Mrs. Van Paul
  • Barrington Carter
  • Madame Robinson
  • Arthur Ray
  • Ruth Williams

References

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  1. ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  2. ^ "Thirty Years Later (1928) - Oscar Micheaux - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  3. ^ Inc, The Crisis Publishing Company (April 10, 1979). "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Thirty Years Later (1928)" (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  5. ^ "Thirty Years Later (1928)" (in Czech). Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  6. ^ "THIRTY YEARS LATER (1928) - WalterFilm". WalterFilm. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  7. ^ "Thirty Years Later" (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-10-06.
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