Midnight Shadow

Midnight Shadow
Directed by George Randol
Starring Frances Redds
Ollie Ann Robinson
Clinton Rosemond
Laurence Criner
Release date(s) 1939
Running time 54 min
Country United States
Language English

Midnight Shadow is a 1939 film with an all African American cast.

Plot

The mind reading Prince Alihabad courts a girl from Oklahoma. Her parents want to make her happy, but they do not like that Alihabad worships Allah. A killer is on the loose and it might be Alihabad.

Book coverage

The film was covered in the books Hollywood be thy name: African American religion in American film, 1929-1949[1] and Whispered consolations: law and narrative in African American life.[2]

References

  1. ^ Weisenfeld, Judith (January 8, 2007). "Hollywood be thy name: African American religion in American film, 1929-1949". University of California Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=B-NAR_zWZoIC&pg=PA286&dq=midnight+shadow+1939&hl=en&ei=T5DRTpmZJKzCsQLu84n3Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=midnight%20shadow%201939&f=false. Retrieved November 26, 2011. 
  2. ^ Christian Suggs, Jon (February 15, 2000). "Whispered consolations: law and narrative in African American life". University of Michigan Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=_FOCBjE0JsgC&pg=PA213&dq=midnight+shadow+1939+film&hl=en&ei=lpDRTo3rGauqsALft_jKDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAjgU#v=onepage&q=midnight%20shadow%201939%20film&f=false. Retrieved November 26, 2011.