Temptation
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Andrew S. Bishop
Ethel Moses
Lorenzo Tucker
Hilda Rogers
"slick" Chester
Oscar Micheaux
Film Details
Synopsis
[No contemporary information about the plot of this film has been found.]
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Although no information on the length of this film has been found, it is presumed to be a feature. According to modern sources, this production, directed by Oscar Micheaux, had a cast including Bernice Gray, Ida Forest, Larry Seymour, Lillian Fitzgerald, the Pope Sisters, Dot and Dash, and Bobby Hargreaves and his Kit Kat Club Orchestra. Modern sources note that the plot concerns a light-skinned black model who tries to change her life and live morally, despite underworld involvement and a gangster who is determined to stop her reformation. A biography on actor Lorenzo Tucker indicates that the movie was shot at Fort Lee, NJ, and that Micheaux delayed production until star Andrew Bishop was on vacation from a job he had taken with the city of Cleveland, OH. The picture reportedly cost about $15,000 to produce, with $2,000 going for actors' salaries.
