The Symbol of the Unconquered
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Cast: Iris Hall [Evon Mason], Walker Thompson [Hugh Van Allen], Lawrence Chenault [Jefferson Driscoll], Louis Déan [August Barr], Leigh Whipper [Tugi, an Indian fakir], Edward Fraction [Peter Kaden, Mary’s brother], E.G. Tatum [Abraham], George Catlin [Dick Mason], Mattie Wilkes [Jeff’s mother], Edward E. King [Tom Cutschawl], Lena L. Loach [Christina], Jim Burris, James Burrough, [?] ? [Philip Clark, a half-breed Indian], [?] ? [Bill Stanton], [?] ? [Mary Barr, August’s wife], [?] ? [Driscoll’s horse wrangler], [?] ? [the Smith Bros. Saloon bartender], [?] ? [the true horse owner], [?] ? [the boy inquiring about his father’s stolen horses]
Micheaux Film Corporation production; distributed by Micheaux Film Corporation. / Produced by Oscar Micheaux. Scenario by Oscar Micheaux. / No copyright registration. Released 29 November 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Wilderness Trail. The production was shot in and near Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4353.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique film archive [35mm positive (incomplete, French and Flemish intertitles)]; and in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm preservation positive (incomplete, from the Belgique print)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: African-Americans - Hotels - Ku Klux Klan - Segregation
Listing updated: 3 February 2025.
References: Film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.4353; Bohn-Light p. 114 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-NFPF.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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