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Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913)
Directed by T. Hayes Hunter, Edwin Middleton
Comedy · 1h 02m
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
W
Wes Jenkins
Brother Gardner
Walker Thompson
Barber Suitor
H
Henry Troy
Angry Suitor
A
Abbie Mitchell
The Mother
B
Billy Harper
Shorty
L
Lester A. Walton
Parson
J
Julius Glenn
Bar Manager
S
Sam Corker Jr.
Man with shotgun
E
Emma Reed
Chicken Vendor
J
J. Leubrie Hill
club member
Crew
- Director
- T. Hayes Hunter, Edwin Middleton
- Writer
- Bert Williams
- Producer
- Bert Williams, A.L. Erlanger, Marc Klaw
Details
- Release date
- 1913-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 02m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Klaw & Erlanger, Biograph Company