The House Behind the Cedars
Brief Synopsis
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Rena, a beautiful mulatto woman, who passes as white, receives a proposal from an aristocratic white millionaire who has fallen in love with her. Rena accepts without revealing the secret of her racial background. Unhappy, Rena returns to her former lover, Frank Fowler, a black man, who has risen to...
Cast & Crew
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Oscar Micheaux
Director
Andrew S. Bishop
Shingzie Howard
William Crowell
Lawrence Chenault
Douglas Griffin
Film Details
Release Date
Jan
1924
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Micheaux Film Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The House Behind the Cedars by Charles Chesnutt (Boston, 1900).
Synopsis
Rena, a beautiful mulatto woman, who passes as white, receives a proposal from an aristocratic white millionaire who has fallen in love with her. Rena accepts without revealing the secret of her racial background. Unhappy, Rena returns to her former lover, Frank Fowler, a black man, who has risen to power despite his color. She tells him that although she has fooled the public, she has not fooled herself.
Director
Oscar Micheaux
Director
Film Details
Release Date
Jan
1924
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Micheaux Film Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The House Behind the Cedars by Charles Chesnutt (Boston, 1900).
