God's Step Children
Rating: 6 · 1938 · Drama · USA · 1 ч 10 мин
Description
Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.
Information
- Year
- 1938
- Genre
- Drama
- Country
- USA
- Runtime
- 1 ч 10 мин
- TMDB
- 6
- IMDb
- 6
Director
Cast
- Jacqueline Lewis — Young Naomi
- Ethel Moses — Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva
- Alice B. Russell — Mrs. Saunders
- Trixie Smith — A Visitor
- Charles Thompson — Young Jimmie
- Carman Newsome — Adult Jimmie
- Gloria Press — Adult Naomi
- Alec Lovejoy — Ontrue Cowper
- Columbus Jackson — Cowper's Associate
- Laura Bowman — Aunt Carrie
- Sam Patterson — Banker
- Charles R. Moore — School Superintent
- Consuela Harris — Muscle Dancer (Consuelo Harris)
- Sammy Gardiner — Tap Dancer
- Leon Gross — Orchestra Leader
- Dorothy Van Engle — Naomi's Mother
- Cherokee Thornton — Clyde Wade