Georgia Rose Explained

Georgia Rose was a 1930 film. It was directed by Harry Gant and stars Clarence Brooks.^{[1] [2]} It followed the 1928 film Absent with Brooks as its star.

The film was produced by Aristo Film Corporation and the songwriter was Fred C. Washington.^[3] The film was the first film talkie actress and singer Evelyn Preer appeared in.^[4]

Plot

The film is about an African American family migrating north.^[5] This picture was filmed by Harry Gant, former cameraman with the Lincoln Motion Picture Company. This story is about a minister's attempt to move his flock and daughter from Georgia to better farming land in the Midwest. While boarding up with a family, the minister's daughter is smitten by the love bug and led to corruption by her new lover's brother. Of course, she is saved in the nick of time by her new lover and forgiven by her father.^[6]

Cast

• Clarence Brooks as Ralph
• Irene Wilson as Rose
• Evelyn Preer as Grace
• Roberta Hyson as Helen
• Allegretti Anderson (née Alegretta Summers; 1898–1944) as Ethel
• Edward Thompson as Bob
• Webb King as Joe
• Spencer Williams as Ezra^[7]
• Dora Dean Johnson as Mary Barnett
• E. C. Dyer as Reverend Hoskins

Reception

The film received coverage from the Baltimore Afro-American, California Eagle, Chicago Whip, New York Age, and Pittsburgh Courier. Henry Louis Gates described the film as a race musical.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: Reid, Mark A.. Redefining Black Film. February 23, 1993. University of California Press. 9780520912847. Google Books.
2. Web site: Georgia Rose (1930) [Lost Film]].
3. Web site: Georgia Rose (1930). AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. April 17, 2020.
4. Book: McCann, Bob. Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. December 21, 2009. McFarland. 9780786458042. Google Books.
5. Book: Garcia, Desirée J.. The Migration of Musical Film: From Ethnic Margins to American Mainstream. August 1, 2014. Rutgers University Press. 9780813568669. Google Books.
6. Web site: SelfScience . Georgia Rose (1930) [Lost Film] ]. www.daaracarchive.org . Department of Afro American Research Arts and Culture . 22 September 2021.
7. Web site: WILLIAMS, SPENCER. JONES. G. WILLIAM. June 15, 2010. tshaonline.org.
8. Book: Harlem Renaissance Lives from the African American National Biography. Gates (Jr.). Henry Louis. Higginbotham. Evelyn Brooks. February 16, 2009. Oxford University Press. 9780195387957. Google Books.