Connection
Body and Soul is a american film of genre Drama directed by Oscar Micheaux released in USA on 9 november 1925 with Paul Robeson
Body and Soul (1925)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listBody and Soul is a 1925 race film produced, written, directed, and distributed by Oscar Micheaux and starring Paul Robeson in his motion picture debut.
Synopsis
An escaped prisoner seeks refuge in the predominantly African American town of Tatesville, Georgia, by passing himself off as the Rt. Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins. He is joined in town by a fellow criminal, and the pair scheme to swindle the phony reverend's congregation of their offerings. Jenkins falls in love with a young member of his congregation, Isabelle Perkins, even though she is in love with a poor young man named Sylvester, who happens to be Jenkins’ long-estranged twin brother. Jenkins steals money from Martha Jane, Isabelle's mother and convinces the young woman to take the blame for his crime. She flees to Atlanta and dies just as her mother locates her. Before dying, Isabelle reveals to her mother that Jenkins raped her and that he is the one who took her mother's money. She explains that she didn't speak up before because she knew her mother wouldn't believe her. Returning to Tatesville, Martha Jane confronts Jenkins in front of the congregation. Jenkins flees and during a twilight struggle he kills a man who tries to bring him to justice. The following morning, Martha Jane awakens and realizes the episode with Jenkins was only a dream. She provides Isabelle (who is not dead) and Sylvester with the funds to start a married life together.Actors
Paul Robeson
(Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester)
Mercedes Gilbert
(Sister Martha)
Lawrence Chenault
(Yello-Curley' Hinds - the Phony Reverend's Former Jailmate)
Dudley Digges
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Body and Soul
There are 52 films with the same actors, 29 films with the same director, 67840 with the same cinematographic genres (including 13343 with exactly the same 2 genres than Body and Soul), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Body and Soul, you will probably like those similar films :
, 54minutesDirected by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lawrence Chenault, Louis Dean, Leigh Whipper
Rating58%
Eve Mason is a “white-skinned” African American who inherits a large amount of land after the death of her grandfather Dick Mason, an old prospector. She leaves her hometown of Selma, Alabama for the Northwest to settle in a place called Oristown. Upon arrival she decides to stay in the Driscoll Hotel but its owner, Jefferson Driscoll, has developed a hatred for African-Americans and forces Eve to sleep outside in a barn. In the morning she meets a kind young prospector named Hugh Van Allen, who also happens to be her new neighbor. They become fast friends and Van Allen offers Eve a ride to her new house. When they get there Van Allen continues to show kindness and helps Eve get settled into her new home. Before leaving he gives Eve a gun and tells her to shoot it twice if she’s ever in trouble. That way he will know to come right over.
The Brute (1920)
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Evelyn Preer, Lawrence Chenault
Herbert Lanyon is thought to be dead after a shipwreck, and his fiancée Mildred Carrison is forced by her money-minded Aunt Clara into marriage with "Bull" Magee, a gambler and underworld boss who mistreats Mildred. After Herbert returns, Magee undergoes financial difficulties that he blames on Mildred and Herbert, and seeks revenge. Herbert and a repentant Aunt Clara, however, free Mildred from Magee, and the lovers are able to marry. A subplot involves boxer "Tug" Wilson, who is ordered by his manager Magee to lay down in the seventeenth round of a prizefight at the film's climax. No other information concerning the plot has been discovered.
The Gunsaulus Mystery (1921)
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Evelyn Preer, Lawrence Chenault
The body of Myrtle Gunsaulus, a young African-American girl, is discovered in the basement of a New York City factory. Arthur Gilpin, the African-American janitor who discovered the body, is arrested and charged with her murder.
The House Behind the Cedars (1927)
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lawrence Chenault
Rena (Shingzie Howard) is a young woman of mixed race. Although she is romantically pursued by an upwardly mobile African American named Frank (C.D. Griffith), Rena does not decide in his favor. Her appearance allows her to pass for white, as she is of majority European ancestry, although she has grown up in the black community.
Veiled Aristocrats (1932)
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lorenzo Tucker, Lawrence Chenault
Rating49%
John Walden, a light-skinned African American lawyer, returns to his family in North Carolina after being away for 20 years. Walden has passed as white and been successful. He discovers domestic turmoil: his mother is trying to dissuade his sister Rena, who is also light skinned, from being romantically involved with Frank Fowler (Carl Mahon), a dark-skinned African-American businessman. With his mother’s blessing, Walden suggest that Rena abandon Fowler and move with him to another part of the city, where she could pass for white.
Ten Minutes to Live (1932)
, 58minutesDirected by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime
Themes Musical films
Actors Lawrence Chenault, Lorenzo Tucker
Rating41%
A movie producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, but all he really wants to do is bed her. She knows, but accepts anyway. Meanwhile, a patron at the club gets a note saying that she'll soon get another note, and that she will be killed ten minutes after that.
Within Our Gates (1920)
, 1h19Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about racism
Actors Evelyn Preer, Leigh Whipper
Rating63%
The film opens with Sylvia Landry (Evelyn Preer), a young African-American woman, visiting her cousin Alma in the North. Landry is waiting for the return of Conrad from World War I as they plan to marry. Alma also loves Conrad, and would like Sylvia to marry her brother-in-law Larry, a gambler and criminal. Alma arranges for Sylvia to be caught in a compromising situation by Conrad when he returns. He leaves for Brazil, and Larry kills a man during a game of poker. Sylvia returns to the South.
A Son of Satan (1924)
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Lawrence Chenault, Evelyn Ellis
Rating61%
The Devil's Disciple (1925)
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Evelyn Preer, Lawrence Chenault