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Birthright is a 1939 film by Oscar Micheaux, a talkie remake of his silent film Birthright, adapted from Thomas S. Stribling's novel of the same title (1922). Carman Newsome took the lead role of the black Harvard graduate facing racism played by J. Homer Tutt fifteen years earlier.
Original Release
05/19/1938
US Release
05/19/1938
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Carman Newsome | Peter Siner |
| Ethel Moses | Cissie Deldine |
| Alec Lovejoy | Tump Pack |
| Trixie Smith | Caroline Siner |
| Hazel Lisz | |
| Ida Forsyne | Rose |
| Herbert E. Jelley | |
| John Ward | |
| C.R. Chase | |
| H.E. Knight |
Directors
Writers
Oscar Micheaux, Thomas Sigismund Stribling
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Carman Newsome | Peter Siner |
| Ethel Moses | Cissie Deldine |
| Alec Lovejoy | Tump Pack |
| Trixie Smith | Caroline Siner |
| Hazel Lisz | |
| Ida Forsyne | Rose |
| Herbert E. Jelley | |
| John Ward | |
| C.R. Chase | |
| H.E. Knight | |
| George Lessey | |
| Columbus Jackson | |
| Harry Moses | |
| Tom Dillon | |
| Allen Lee | |
| Robert Alderdice | |
| Laura Bowman | |
| Hazel Diaz | Ida May |
| Alice B. Russell | Nan Berry Deldine |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Alice B. Russell | Producer |
| Oscar Micheaux | Producer |
