The scar of shame

The Resource The scar of shame
Label
The scar of shame
Statement of responsibility
Colored Players Film Corporation presents ; story by David Starkman ; direction by Frank Perugini
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Language
eng
Summary
In no film was the racial theme more apparent than in this story about an ill-matched marriage between a black concert pianist and a poor, lower class young black woman. Secretly ashamed of her, the young man keeps his wife hidden from his socially-prominent middle-class mother. Despite the melodrama, it is a strong statement on the issues of class and the color caste system which existed within the African-American community, as well as probing questions of ambition and authority. This was the first film of the Colored Players Film Corp. of Philadelphia
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SDL
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Photography by Al Liguori
PerformerNote
Harry Henderson, Norman Johnstone, Ann Kennedy, Lucia Lynn Moses, William E. Pettus
Runtime
71
Series statement
Historic black cinema collection
Technique
live action

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