A Son of Satan
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Oscar Micheaux
Andrew S. Bishop
Lawrence Chenault
Emmet Anthony
Edna Morton
Monte Hawley
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Depiction of the experiences of an ordinary black person going to a haunted house to stay all night as the result of an argument. "This picture is filled with scenes of drinking, carousing and shows masked men becoming intoxicated. It shows the playing of crap for money, a man [Captain Tolston] killing his wife by choking her, the killing of the leader of the hooded organization and the killing of a cat by throwing a stone at it." (NYSA records.)
Director
Oscar Micheaux
Cast
Andrew S. Bishop
Lawrence Chenault
Emmet Anthony
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
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The working title of this film was The Ghost of Tolston's Manor. Shooting began March 26, 1923 at a Bronx studio, then moved to an outdoor location in Roanoke, VA, according to a news item. The house used in the film was more than two hundred years old and was located at Clason's Point, NY. Twenty thousand feet of film was shot, and the film was edited in Charleston, WV. Critic D. Ireland Thomas, writing in the African-American newspaper Chicago Defender, commented concerning this film, "Some May not like the production because it shows up some of our Race in their true colors. They might also protest against the language used.... I must admit that it is true to nature, yes, I guess, too true. We have got to hand it to Oscar Micheaux when it comes to giving us the real stuff."
