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A Fool and His Money
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Alice Guy-Blaché, Solax, 1912: a one-reel comedy with an all-Black cast, the first American narrative film known to do so. James Russell is Sam Jones, a whitewasher who finds a wad of cash, buys clothes and a car, and wins back Lindy, who had dropped him for a rival. At the engagement party the rival and a card shark take the fortune. Working title Darktown Aristocrats. A nitrate print turned up in a California trunk; the AFI preserved it at the Library of Congress.
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Women Pioneers of Silent Cinema
Alice Guy-Blaché cast an all-Black company for this Solax comedy, a decision the AFI Catalog and the Library of Congress still flag; it is the first American narrative film known to do so. James Russell plays Sam Jones, a whitewasher who finds a wad of cash, buys clothes and a car, and loses the fortune at an engagement party. A nitrate print later turned up in a California trunk, and the AFI preserved it at the Library of Congress. In 1912 a woman studio head decided who stood in front of her camera, and she did not ask the trades for permission.
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