Doe Doe Green Explained

Doe Doe Green (1889 - 1944) was a comic actor. A review of a 1922 performance of his with the Jack "Ginger" Wiggins company described him as a "popular neat dancing comedian".^[1] He portrayed Booker T in the 1931 film Enemies of the Law. In the 1937 production Big Blow he was the only African American in the cast playing a role described as "a Negro lost in a white man's world" as he seeks to protect an orphaned white girl.^[2]

D. D. Green's 2-act play Back to Africa was published in 1923.^[3]

Theater

• Jake's Family (1915)^[1]
• Swanee River Home (1922)
• Liza (1922) (1922) by Maceo Pinkard
• Appearances (Broadway show) (1925) as Rufus^[4]
• The Green Pastures (1930) as Gabriel
• Big Blow (1937)
• The Patriots (play) (1943)

Notes and References

1. Book: Sampson, Henry T.. Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows. October 30, 2013. Scarecrow Press. 9780810883512. Google Books.
2. Web site: Opportunity. November 25, 1937. National Urban League. Google Books.
3. Web site: Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series]. Library of Congress Copyright. Office. November 25, 1924. Google Books.
4. Book: A History of African American Theatre. Errol. Hill. James V.. Hatch. July 17, 2003. Cambridge University Press. 9780521624435. Google Books.