| The Brute | |
|---|---|
 Newspaper advertisement for the film | |
| Directed by | Oscar Micheaux |
| Written by | Oscar Micheaux |
| Produced by | Oscar Micheaux |
| Cinematography | "Whitie" |
| Production company | Micheaux Film Corp. |
| Distributed by | Micheaux Film Corp. |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
The Brute is a 1920 silent race film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux. No print of the film is known to exist and the production is believed to be a lost film. The original version of the film included a scene where the boxer defeats a white rival, but Micheaux was forced to remove the scene by censors.
Plot
Herbert Lanyon is thought to be dead after a shipwreck, and his fiancée Mildred Carrison is forced by her money-minded Aunt Clara into marriage with "Bull" Magee, a gambler and underworld boss who mistreats Mildred. After Herbert returns, Magee undergoes financial difficulties that he blames on Mildred and Herbert, and seeks revenge. Herbert and a repentant Aunt Clara, however, free Mildred from Magee, and the lovers are able to marry. A subplot involves boxer "Tug" Wilson, who is ordered by his manager Magee to lay down in the seventeenth round of a prizefight at the film's climax. No other information concerning the plot has been discovered.
- —American Film Institute
Cast
- Evelyn Preer – Mildred Carrison
- A. B. DeComathiere – Bull Magee
- Sam Langford – Tug Wilson
- Susie Sutton – Aunt Clara
- Lawrence Chenault – Herbert Lanyon
- Laura Bowman – Mrs. Carrison
- Mattie Edwards – Guest in "The Hole"
- Alice Gorgas – Margaret Pendleton
- Virgil Williams – Referee
- Marty Cutler – Sidney Kirkwood
- Floy Clements – Irene Lanyon
- Louis Schooler – Klondike
- Harry Plater
- E. G. Tatum
- Al Gaines
See also
Notes
- In the records of the George P. Johnson Negro Film Collection, the cameraman was identified only as "Whitie."
References
- "The Brute". American Film Institute.
- “Progressive Silent Film List: The Brute,” SilentEra.com
- “The cutting gaze of Oscar Micheaux,” UWM Leader, February 8, 2006 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- Foster, A.L. (November 22, 1958). "Other Peoples Business: A Proud First". Chicago Defender – via ProQuest.
External links
- The Brute at IMDb
- The Brute at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Brute at the TCM Movie Database
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