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Black film collection : a special collection from the G. William Jones Film & Video Collection/Hamon Arts Library at Southern Methodist University / Videorecording. Clarence Brooks; Dorothy Van Engle; Clarence Muse; Frances Redd; Buck Woods. - Tyler, Texas : Southern Methodist University, [2003] c2003 - 3 videodiscs (543 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in. + 1 booklet

Also known as "The Tyler, Texas black film collection."

Disc 1. Murder in Harlem (1935, 102 min.) --
Broken earth (1939, 10 min.) --
Midnight shadow (60 min.) --
Where's my man to-nite (1943, 72 min.)--
disc 2. Girl in room 20 (1946, 64 min.) --
Vanities (1946, 10 min.) --
Juke joint (1947, 70 min.) --
Miracle in Harlem (1948, 80 min.) --
disc 3. Souls of sin (1949, 65 min.) --
By-line newsreels (1953-1956, 10 min. each) --
'84 Intro/closing --
SMU libraries.

Murder in Harlem: Clarence Brooks, Dorothy Van Engle.
Broken earth: Clarence Muse.
Midnight shadow: Frances Redd, Buck Woods, Richard Bates.
Where's my man to-nite: Hugh Martin, George T. Sutton.
Girl in room 20: Geraldine Brock, Spencer Williams, July Jones.
Vanities: Joesfred Portee, Charles Keith, Audrey Armstrong.
Boogie woogie blues: Hadda Brooks.
Juke joint: Spencer Williams, July Jones.
Miracle in Harlem: Hilda Offley, Sheila Guyse.
Souls of sin: Savannah Churchill, Jimmy Wright, Billie Allen, William Greaves.


A collection of rare African-American films from the 1930s, 40s and 50s which were nearly destroyed, have been rescued by William Jones, founder of Southern Methodist University's film collection. Called to a warehouse in the early 1980s to dig through a pile of old film canisters which the managers of the warehouse were preparing to throw out, Jones found a treasure trove of feature films and newsreels made by

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans in motion pictures.
African American motion picture producers and directors.

LC Class. No.: PN1995.9.N4