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A Son of Satan
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'A Son of Satan' is a 1924 silent race film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139621/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm#cast "A Son of Satan (1924) | Full Cast & Crew"], IMDb. The film follows the misadventures of a man who accepted a bet to spend a night in a haunted house.[http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:110999 "Overview: A Son of Satan"], AllMovie. Micheaux shot the film in The Bronx, New York, and Roanoke, Virginia.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SonofSatan1924.html "Progressive Silent Film List: Son of Satan"], SilentEra.com.
'A Son of Satan' ran into distribution problems when state censorship boards rejected the film based on its contents. New York censors objected to the films depiction of violence, particularly against women and animals (a cat is killed onscreen in one scene, a Ku Klux Klan leader is slain, and a man chokes his wife to deathWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 280. .), while Virginia censors complained the films references to miscegenation would "prove offensive to Southern ladies". In at least one state the film was banned for its title aloneWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 280. .[https://books.google.com/books?id=D5R7NNAuH1AC&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=%22A+Son+of+Satan%22+micheaux&source=web&ots=X18c7QoL7Q&sig=5eZEA1NGSGm6Tgw8Ia0ECPFROHk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result Movie Censorship and American Culture] by Francis G. Couvares, University of Massachusetts Press, 2006, Pippa Holloway, [https://books.google.com/books?id=64vMcYlcCwUC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=%22A+Son+of+Satan%22+micheaux&source=web&ots=TsGtQONsZw&sig=puw7dHLzkPi6r81Z55gRZ8zvbIs&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result 'Sexuality, Politics, and Social Control in Virginia, 1920-1945'], UNC Press, 2006, .
No print of the film is known to exist and it is presumed to be a lost film.
Micheaux Film Corporation production; distributed by Micheaux Film Corporation. / Produced by Oscar Micheaux. Scenario by Oscar Micheaux. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: 'The Ghost of Tolstons Manor'. The production began shooting on March 26, 1923, in the Bronx, New York. Some location photography was taken in Roanoke, Virginia, and in Clasons Point, New York. Approximately 20,000 feet of film was shot during production. The film was granted a New York State exhibition license on September 18, 1924.
Cast
*Andrew S. Bishop
*Lawrence Chenault
*Emmet Anthony (18891931)
*Edna Morton
*Monte Hawley
*Shingzie Howard
*Ida Anderson
* E. G. Tatum
*Dink Stewart
*W. B. F. Crowell
*Olivia Sewall
*Mildred Smallwood
* Blanche Thompson
*Margaret Brown
* Professor Hosay
Some of the original cast from the hit Broadway musicals 'Shuffle Along' and 'Runnin' Wild' appear in the movie, including Aubrey Lyles and F. E. Miller, Adelaide Hall, Arthur Cooper, Mildred Baker, Ina Duncan, and Arthur Porter.
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