Displaying 1 of 1 2007 Format: Book Author: McGilligan, Patrick. Title: Oscar Micheaux, the great and only : the life of America's first Black filmmaker / Patrick McGilligan. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : HarperCollins, c2007. Description: vii, 402 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951. Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography. African American motion picture producers and directors -- Biography. Other Title: Great and only Oscar Micheaux. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-390) and index. Includes filmography: p. 352-366. "Works by Oscar Micheaux": p. [351]. Contents: 1884-1900: Metropolis, Illinois -- 1900-1904: black Metropolis -- 1904-1906: the rosebud -- 1906-1908: the one true woman -- 1908-1909: a new persona -- 1909-1912: hammer blows -- 1912-1914: dark days -- 1914-1918: the film bug -- 1919-1921: a tongue of fire -- 1921-1922: Harlem and Roanoke -- 1923-1924: the pale of the law -- 1925-1927: straws in the wind -- 1928-1931: a miracle rebound -- 1931-1935: Jews with money -- 1936-1940: reaping and sowing -- 1941-1947: the wind from nowhere -- 1947-1951: ahead of time. LCCN: 2007060735 ISBN: 9780060731403 0060731397 9780060731397 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 196841 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: BIO Micheaux Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
