Alfred N. Sack
Alfred N. Sack | |
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| Born | October 22, 1898 Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA |
| Died | March 1, 1969 (aged 70) Dallas, Texas, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Occupation | Film producers |
Alfred N. Sack (1898 - 1969) was the proprietor of film distribution, production, and theater owning business Sack Amusements. Its business included many films starring African American casts, so-called race films.[1] He worked with his brother Lester. They were Jewish.[2] Sack dsitributed several Oscar Micheaux films.[3] They also partnered with Spencer Williams on several films.[4]
The brothers purchased the Lucas Theatre in Dallas, Texas. Sack secured a deal woth RKO to distribute four 2-reel films of "Negro spirituals".[5]
They re-released some films.
Filmography
- St. Louis Blues (1929)[6]
- The Black King (1932)
- She Devil (1934), distributor
- Princess Tam Tam (1935), distributor, a French film adaptation of Pygmalion blocked from major distribution channels by censors in the U.S.[7]
- The Broken Earth (1936)
- Underworld (1937), distributor
- Harlem on the Prairie (1937), distributor
- Policy Man (1938)
- Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938), distributor
- Harlem Rides the Range (1939)
- The Devil's Daughter (1939)
- Midnight Shadow (1939)
- Moon Over Harlem (1939)
- The Bronze Buckaroo (1939)
- Lying Lips (1939)
- Gang War (1940 film)
- Son of Ingagi (1940)
- The Blood of Jesus (1941),[8] distributor
- Beale Street Mama (1946)
- Juke Joint (film) (1947)
- The Girl in Room 20 (1949)
- Go Down, Death! (1944)[9]
- Harlem Hot Shots (film) [10]
- Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (1946)
References
- ↑ "TSHA | Film Industry". www.tshaonline.org.
- ↑ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com.
- ↑ "A time capsule from the earliest days of independent black cinema". Dallas News. August 5, 2016.
- ↑ Harris, Brandon (June 8, 2015). "Black America's Forgotten Film History" – via The New Republic.
- ↑ "Film World and A-V World News Magazine". September 22, 1945 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Bratkovich, Colin (May 8, 2014). Just Remember This. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781483645193 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Scott, Ellen C. (January 14, 2015). Cinema Civil Rights: Regulation, Repression, and Race in the Classical Hollywood Era. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813572925 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Alfred N. Sack". BFI.
- ↑ "Request Rejected". nmaahc.si.edu.
- ↑ "HARLEM HOT SHOTS". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
External links
- Alfred N. Sack on imdb
- Sack Amusement Enterprises - NMAAHC Collections
- Dance | Alexander Street, a ProQuest Company
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