With a Crooked Stick-The Films of Oscar Micheaux : The Films of Oscar Micheaux

Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1(12) Biographical Backstory 13(26) Within Our Gates (1920; second film) 39(14) Symbol of the Unconquered (1920; fourth film) 53(13) Body and Soul (1925; fourteenth film) 66(31) The Sound Era: Signifying with Music 97(15) The Exile (1931; twenty-fourth film) 112(24) The Darktown Revue (1931; twenty-fifth film) 136(4) Veiled Aristocrats (1932; twenty-sixth film) 140(8) Ten Minutes to Live (1932; twenty-seventh film) 148(17) The Girl from Chicago (1932; twenty-eighth film) 165(12) Murder in Harlem (1935; thirty-first film) 177(14) Underworld (1937; thirty-third film) 191(14) God's Step Children (1938; thirty-fourth film) 205(27) Birthright (1938--1939; thirty-fifth film) 232(16) Swing! (1938; thirty-sixth film) 248(12) Lying Lips (1939; thirty-seventh film) 260(7) The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940; thirty-eighth film) 267(8) Conclusion 275(8) Appendix 1. A Short Filmography 283(2) Appendix 2. Jubilee: African-American Spirituals 285(4) Appendix 3. Sources for Obtaining Micheaux's Films 289(2) Appendix 4. Comment on Selected Web Sites 291(2) Bibliography 293(8) Index 301