Micheaux Picture Corporation Movie Trailers

Deceit Trailer (1923)

01 March 1923

Deceit (sometimes referred to as The Deceit) is a 1923 American silent black-and-white film. It is a conventional melodrama directed by Oscar Micheaux.

The Notorious Elinor Lee Trailer (1940)

01 January 1940

Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.

Birthright Trailer (1924)

01 February 1924

A young black Harvard graduate fights against a variety of obstacles, including racist opposition, in order to build a school for black children.

Birthright Trailer (1938)

01 January 1938

After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.

The Symbol of the Unconquered Trailer (1920)

28 November 1920

Eve Mason, a white-passing black woman, moves to a remote cottage she inherited from her late father.

Veiled Aristocrats Trailer (1932)

01 February 1932

A young woman plans to marry, but her mother and brother--a lawyer--don't like her prospective husband and scheme to prevent the marriage.

Body and Soul Trailer (1925)

09 November 1925

A convict escapes to a Southern town and passes himself off as a reverend, giving him the perfect cover to swindle the townspeople and corrupt an innocent young woman.

Lying Lips Trailer (1939)

02 January 1939

A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt.

The Girl from Chicago Trailer (1932)

14 March 1932

An undercover government agent on a case in Mississippi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who's being menaced by a local crime boss.

The Exile Trailer (1931)

15 May 1931

An idealistic young man is torn between a sultry Chicago nightclub owner and a Scottish South Dakotan farmgirl.

Swing! Trailer (1938)

29 April 1938

Ted Gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway, but he has trouble with his star singer.

The Betrayal Trailer (1948)

24 June 1948

In this film, African-American Leroy Collins struggles with the onus placed on him by Society when he falls in love with a white woman.

God's Step Children Trailer (1938)

01 May 1938

Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders.

Ten Minutes to Live Trailer (1932)

17 March 1932

A movie producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, but all he really wants to do is bed her.

Murder In Harlem Trailer (1935)

12 December 1935

A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder.

Underworld Trailer (1937)

01 September 1937

A young Southern college student falls for the charms of a female nightclub owner while on summer break in Chicago - and soon enough meets her club co-owner boyfriend and his gangster pals.

The Dungeon Trailer (1922)

22 May 1922

Myrtle Downing, an African-American woman, is coerced into marrying a corrupt would-be politician named Gyp Lassiter, even though she is really in love with Stephen Cameron, a young lawyer.

The Darktown Revue Trailer (1931)

31 January 1931

With a series of long takes and frontal camera set-ups, Michaeux provides a record of several cabaret acts, using intertitles to separate the individual numbers.

Harlem After Midnight Trailer (1934)

01 January 1934

Gangsters in Harlem make plans to commit a kidnapping.

The Gunsaulus Mystery Trailer (1921)

01 January 1921

When Arthur Gilpin, a black night watchman, finds young Myrtle Gunsaulus mysteriously murdered in the basement of a factory, he is charged with the crime.