The read
Critics rate it 39 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 2m.
Synopsis
Modeled after a popular collection of stories known as "Brother Gardener's Lime Kiln Club," the plot features three suitors vying to win the hand of the local beauty. Filmed in 1913, but after considerable footage was shot, the film was abandoned. One hundred years later, the seven reels of untitled and unassembled footage were discovered in the film vaults of the Museum of Modern Art, and are now believed to constitute the earliest surviving feature film starring black actors.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 39 points higher than audiences do.
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Bert WilliamsWriter
- Edwin MiddletonDirector
- T. Hayes HunterDirector
Cast
- Bert WilliamsBert
- Odessa Warren GreyThe Girl
- Wes JenkinsBrother Gardner
- Walker ThompsonBarber Suitor
- Henry TroyAngry Suitor
- Abbie MitchellThe Mother
- Billy HarperShorty
- Lester A. WaltonParson
- Julius GlennBar Manager
- Sam Corker Jr.Man with shotgun
- Emma ReedChicken Vendor
- J. Leubrie Hillclub member