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The Broken Violin is an American silent film directed by Oscar Micheaux, released in 1928.

The film is based on Micheaux's unpublished novel, House of Mystery. It is about a beautiful African-American prodigy who plays violin. She overcomes her impoverished background and alcoholic father (who breaks her violin), in order to find success in music and love.

Cast

J. Homer Tutt, one of the Tutt Brothers, and Oscar Micheaux's wife Alice B. Russell starred in the film. Tutt, an accomplished vaudeville performer and producer with his brother, also had a lead role in Micheaux's films Birthright; these were his only known feature film roles. Tutt also appeared in short 1929 musical film Jailhouse Blues.

Birthright was Russell's first film, and she starred in a dozen more.

• J. Homer Tutt
• Ardell Dabney
• Alice B. Russell
• Ike Paul
• Daisy Foster
• Gertrude Snelson
• Boots Hope
• Ehtel Smith
• W. Hill
• William A. Clayton, Jr.

See also

• The Broken Violin (1923 film)

References

1. ^ "The Broken Violin / Oscar Micheaux [motion picture]". Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Performing Arts Database, Library of Congress.
2. Green, J. Ronald (2004-03-18). With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux. Indiana University Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-253-02770-2.
3. ^ Musser, Charles; Gaines, Jane Marie; Bowser, Pearl (2016-03-28). Oscar Micheaux and His Circle: African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era. Indiana University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-253-02155-7.
4. Munden, Kenneth White (January 16, 1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. American Film Institute. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780520209695 – via Google Books.
5. ^ "The Filmography of Oscar Micheaux, 1919-1948". The Crisis. 86 (4). The Crisis Publishing Company Inc. April 1979. ISSN 0011-1422 – via Google Books.
6. Lupack, Barbara (2016-05-26). Early Race Filmmaking in America. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-43424-5.
7. ^ McCann, Bob (2009-12-21). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. pp. 299–300. ISBN 978-0-7864-5804-2.

External links

• The Broken Violin at IMDb

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