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Variants
- Micheaux Book and Film Co.
- Micheaux Book & Film Co.
- Micheaux Film and Book Company
- Micheaux Pictures Corp.
- Micheaux Film Co.
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Has Affiliation
- Street Address: 200 West 135th Street
- City: New York
- State: N.Y.
Descriptor
- Motion picture industry
Associated Locale
- United States
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Motion picture production
Motion picture distribution
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Underworld [MP] 1937(name not given)
- found: Klotman, P. Frame by frame, c1979(Micheaux Film Corporation; company which produced Underworld and other black films directed and produced by Oscar Micheaux)
- found: African American cinema I. Oscar Micheaux's Within our gatescontainer insert (Micheaux Book and Film Co.)
- found: Wikipedia WWW site, viewed Feb. 6, 2012(Within our gates was distributed by Micheaux Book & Film Company; Oscar Micheaux founded the Micheaux Film and Book Company of Sioux City and Chicago; its first project was the production of The Homesteader)
- found: AFI catalog, viewed online Feb. 6, 2012(Underworld, 1937, production company, Micheaux Pictures Corp.; Homesteader,1919, production company, Micheaux Book and Film Co.; Homesteader,1922, production company, Micheaux Film Corp.; Within our gates, 1920, production company, Micheaux Film Co.)
- found: The 1932 film daily yearbook of motion pictures, 1932:p 254 (Micheaux Pictures Corporation; established 1918; producers of features, comedies, 2-reel revues; Oscar Micheaux, president and director; 200 West 135th Street, New York City)
- found: Slide, A. The new historical dictionary of the American film, 2001:p. 127 (Micheaux Film Corporation; all black-owned independent film company; formed in 1918; films include The homesteader, 1918, Within our gates, 1920, and God's stepchildren, 1929)
- found: Sampson, H., Blacks in black and white, 1995:p. 142 (Micheaux Film Corporation; released one or more black films yearly between 1918 and 1940; founder, Oscar Micheaux, produced and distributed over 40 films nationally and in in Europe, many adapted from books he authored) p. 16 (The last film produced under the banner of Micheaux Film Corporation was The notorious Elinor Lee, in 1940, after which the company went out of business)
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Change Notes
- 1987-08-17: new
- 2024-03-26: revised
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