When True Love Wins is a 1915 American film. It was produced by Birmingham, Alabama based Southern Motion Picture Company and adapted from Isaac Fisher's screenplay about prejudice based on pigmentation.[1]
| When True Love Wins | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Isaac Fisher |
Production company | Southern Motion Picture Co. |
| Country | United States |
The New York Age reported that it showed to packed audiences at the Champion Theater in Birmingham.[2] The Atlanta Independent described the film as having a skillfully constructed story that featured a happy ending and good moral.[3]
Fisher also wrote "The Man Who Could Turn White", a story adapted to film in 1921 as The Green-Eyed Monster.[4]
References
edit- ^ Robinson, Cedric J. (September 1, 2012). Forgeries of Memory and Meaning: Blacks and the Regimes of Race in American Theater and Film before World War II. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469606750 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Clipped From The New York Age". The New York Age. September 30, 1915. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9781476610528 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lupack, Barbara Tepa; Lupack, Royalty Account Barbara (July 6, 2002). Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema: From Micheaux to Toni Morrison. University Rochester Press. ISBN 9781580461030 – via Google Books.
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