His Great Chance

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His Great Chance is a 1923 film directed by Ben Strasser. It is a 5-reel feature film [1] The film starred Tim Moore as well as Gertie Brown. It is a lost film. A comedy, Leigh Whipper wrote it was the best of the African American films he had seen. D. Ireland Thomas was less favorable and blamed poor direction for a missed opportunity. [2] Theater owner W. S. Scales of North State Films served as a producer for the film. [3]

Moore worked in various shows performing comedy routines in blackface. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "His Great Chance". January 9, 1923 – via memory.loc.gov.
  2. ↑ Musser, Charles; Gaines, Jane Marie; Bowser, Pearl (March 28, 2016). Oscar Micheaux and His Circle: African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era. Indiana University Press. ISBN   9780253021557 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Filmmaking | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.
  4. ↑ Wintz, Cary D.; Finkelman, Paul (2004). Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: K-Y. ISBN   9781579584580.
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