Alice B. Russell Movies

  • 1932
    The Girl from Chicago

    The Girl from Chicago

    The Girl from Chicago

    5.81932HD

    An undercover government agent on a case in Mississippi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who's being menaced by a local crime...

    The Girl from Chicago
  • 1935
    Murder In Harlem

    Murder In Harlem

    Murder In Harlem

    4.61935HD

    A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder.

    Murder In Harlem
  • 1938
    God's Step Children

    God's Step Children

    God's Step Children

    5.21938HD

    Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness...

    God's Step Children
  • 1938
    Birthright

    Birthright

    Birthright

    5.21938HD

    After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.

    Birthright
  • 1931
    The Darktown Revue

    The Darktown Revue

    The Darktown Revue

    3.21931HD

    With a series of long takes and frontal camera set-ups, Michaeux provides a record of several cabaret acts, using intertitles to separate the...

    The Darktown Revue
  • 1929
    Wages of Sin

    Wages of Sin

    Wages of Sin

    01929HD

    Film producer Winston L. Jaune gives his brother J. Lee a job in his company. J. Lee promptly steals company funds, spends lavishly in cabarets, at...

    Wages of Sin
  • 1930
    Easy Street

    Easy Street

    Easy Street

    01930HD

    Con artists try to trick an old man out of his life savings.

    Easy Street
  • 1928
    The Broken Violin

    The Broken Violin

    The Broken Violin

    01928HD

    An African-American violin prodigy overcomes her impoverished background to find success in music and love. Based on Oscar Micheaux's unpublished...

    The Broken Violin