Mar 21, 2013 - Sale 2308

Sale 2308 - Lot 329

Price Realized: $ 1,920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(FILM.) MICHEAUX, OSCAR. Group of ten stills from various Oscar Micheaux films from the 1930's and 1940's. 8 x 10 "glossies;" eight are sepia toned, two black and white; some light wear to the corners of a few, but for the most part all are in very good condition. Vp, 1930's - 1940's

Additional Details

An exceptional group of stills that include scenes from "The Betrayal," "God's Step Children," "Lem Hawkin's Confession," "Swing," "Underworld." Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951) is the acknowledged pioneer of African American cinema. His first films grew out of his three semi-autobiographical novels: "The Conquest," (1913) The Forged Note," (1915) and the "Homesteader." (1917) His first film, "The Homesteader" (1919) was basically a pastiche of his first two novels, "The Homesteader" and the "Conquest." He went on to write and produce over 44 more films, including comedies, mysteries and romances, right up until the 1940's.