"Mighty Modern All Talking Epic Of Negro Life"
An idealistic young man is torn between a sultry Chicago nightclub owner and a Scottish South Dakotan farmgirl.
Social & External
The people behind it
Eunice Brooks
Edith Duval
Stanley Morell
Jean Baptiste
Celeste Cole
A Singer
Kathleen Noisette
Madge
Charles R. Moore
Jack Stewart
Nora Newsome
Agnes Stewart
George Randol
"Bill" Prescott
A.B. DeComathiere
An outlaw
Carl Mahon
"Jango"
Lou Vernon
District Attorney
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