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| Evening Capital and Maryland Gazette, 21-March-1922 |
Oscar Micheaux was a pioneer in producing what were known as race films. 100 years ago this month, his film
The Symbol of the Unconquered was playing at the Star Theater in Annapolis, Maryland.
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| Richmond Planet, 04-March-1922 |
Major WBF Crowell, Roanoke representative of the Micheaux Corporation, left for New York to appear in and co-direct a new project called
The Dungeon. I can't find the Major's name anywhere in the credits and the movie is assumed to be lost.
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| Wichita Beacon, 17-March-1922 |
We have seen a reference to the Afro-American Film Exhibitors Company's production Lure of a Woman. I do not know if they produced another film.
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| Moving Picture World, 18-March-1922 |
Meanwhile a group of investors in New Orleans planned to produce "features of five-foot length intended to be shown in colored theaters." I suspect they meant five-reeel.
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