Midnight shadow

Series: Tyler Texas Black Film Collection

Duration: 58

Year Published: 1939

Creator: Phoenix

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Prince Alihabad, Mind Reader and Wonder Worker, arrives in a East Texas community and stays as a guest of the Wilson family, owners of an oil-rich tract of land. The smooth-talking necromancer makes romantic overtures to the Wilsons' daughter, Margaret, much to the chagrin of her boyfriend, Buster. When Mr. Wilson is found strangled and the deed to the land stolen, Buster is accused of murder and theft. Two bumbling detectives join the investigation, the real murderer is apprehended and true love prevails. (This film is part of the Tyler, Texas Black Film Collection, a group of motion pictures made between 1935 and 1956 featuring mostly or all-Black casts, produced and/or directed by African American filmmakers and shown primarily to Black audiences. All films are preceded by a 4 minute explanatory introduction by Ossie Davis.) (Circulates).

Complete Record: Prince Alihabad, Mind Reader and Wonder Worker, arrives in a East Texas community and stays as a guest of the Wilson family, owners of an oil-rich tract of land. The smooth-talking necromancer makes romantic overtures to the Wilsons' daughter, Margaret, much to the chagrin of her boyfriend, Buster. When Mr. Wilson is found strangled and the deed to the land stolen, Buster is accused of murder and theft. Two bumbling detectives join the investigation, the real murderer is apprehended and true love prevails. (This film is part of the Tyler, Texas Black Film Collection, a group of motion pictures made between 1935 and 1956 featuring mostly or all-Black casts, produced and/or directed by African American filmmakers and shown primarily to Black audiences. All films are preceded by a 4 minute explanatory introduction by Ossie Davis.) (Circulates).