William Fountaine Explained

William Fountaine (August 15, 1897 – December 6, 1945) was a film actor in the United States. He starred in Oscar Micheaux's 1922 film Uncle Jasper's Will, The Dungeon released the same year, and Deceit in 1923. He had a leading role in the well received 1929 musical film Hallelujah. According to an account of experiences filming the movie, Fountaine protested at bigoted dialogue he was supposed to say stating he "wouldn't be able to return to Harlem" if he repeated the lines in the script.^[1]

Filmography

• Uncle Jasper's Will (1922)
• The Virgin of Seminole (1922)^[2]
• The Dungeon (1922)^[2] as Stephen Cameron
• Deceit (1923)^[3]
• Hallelujah^[4] (1929) as Hot Shot

Notes and References

1. Book: Garcia, Desirée J.. The Migration of Musical Film: From Ethnic Margins to American Mainstream. August 1, 2014. Rutgers University Press. 9780813574271 . Google Books.
2. Book: Reel Black Talk: A Sourcebook of 50 American Filmmakers. 249. Spencer. Moon. Linda. Allen. May 7, 1997. Greenwood Publishing Group. 9780313298301 . Google Books.
3. Book: Platt, David. Celluloid Power: Social Film Criticism from the Birth of a Nation to Judgment at Nuremberg. 122. May 7, 1992. Scarecrow Press. 9780810824423 . Google Books.
4. Web site: Films in America, 1929–1969. 21. Martin. Quigley. Richard. Gertner. May 7, 1970. Golden Press. Google Books.