The Midnight Ace Explained
The Midnight Ace is a 1928 American crime film.[1] [2] Abe DeComathiere, Mabel Kelly and Oscar Roy Dugas starred.[3] The film was directed by John H. Wade for Swan Micheaux's Dunbar Film Company. Swan Micheaux was Oscar Micheaux's brother.[4] Swan had worked for Oscar before a falling out over his management of finances. Swan left and formed the Dunbar film company but it only made this film.[5] [6]
The movie's plot depicts a young woman falling for a man who she does not know is a criminal. A detective tracks him down and falls for the woman. The film was adapted from a story by Jack Harrison, and was planned to be the first of several of his stories to be adapted by the film company.[7]
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Notes and References
- Book: Sampson, Henry T.. Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films. July 10, 1995. Scarecrow Press. 9780810826052. Google Books.
- Book: Pitts, Michael R.. Famous Movie Detectives III. July 10, 2004. Scarecrow Press. 9780810836907. Google Books.
- Book: Oscar Micheaux and His Circle: African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era. Charles. Musser. Jane Marie. Gaines. Pearl. Bowser. March 28, 2016. Indiana University Press. 9780253021557. Google Books.
- Web site: AFI|Catalog. catalog.afi.com.
- Web site: Archived copy . 2021-07-10 . 2021-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210306151540/https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2093&context=honorstheses . dead .
- Book: Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema: From Micheaux to Toni Morrison. Barbara Tepa. Lupack. Royalty Account Barbara. Lupack. July 10, 2002. University Rochester Press. 9781580461030. Google Books.
- News: Midnight Ace, The (1928). The Pittsburgh Courier. March 24, 1928. 15. newspapers.com.
- Web site: The Midnight Ace. www.tcm.com.
