An unscrupulous minister starts a 'back to Africa' movement.An unscrupulous minister starts a 'back to Africa' movement.An unscrupulous minister starts a 'back to Africa' movement.
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A.B. DeComathiere
- Deacon Charcoal Johnson
- (as A.B. Comethiere)
Bud Pollard
- Judge
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTrixie Smith's debut.
- SoundtracksMarch of the Wooden Soldiers
(uncredited)
from "Babes in Toyland"
Music by Victor Herbert
Played during Harlem March
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The movie is fair. What kept my attention mostly was Vivienne Baber and her exotic attractiveness, sleek presence, and her pleasing, natural dramatic acting. She's classy and glamorous. She plays Mary Lou...caught between good and evil. She seems perfect for the screen, she never overacts but is moving without being over-dramatic, wish she could of did more movies in Black Cinema but she was a popular actress on stage appearing in many Broadway plays. Black Cinema needed more true actresses such as Vivienne Baker. A.B. Comethiere is perfect as Deacon Charcoal Jackson who is a hypocritical preacher but at the same time trying to influence his people to go back to Africa where they can have power and freedom. But ego and backstabbing comes back on him and ruins the faith the people had in him and his name. The character Charcoal is supposedly is a portrayal of Marcus Garvey. A.B is funny, he eats the screen up, when he's present he overshadows everyone with his dramatic and comedic abilities. A.B. was one of the early greats of theater and race films. The cast includes some of the more well-known black actors and actresses of theater and screen, A.B. Comathiere, Vivienne Baber, and The Black Valentino Lorenzo Tucker, one of the most handsome men in movies, as the cool, smooth attorney, because of these three the film is substantial and worth watching.
- msladysoul
- Dec 16, 2004
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- Also known as
- Empire, Inc.
- Filming locations
- Metropolitan Studios, Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA(Studio, interiors)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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