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The Spider's Web

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This "all-black" silent melodrama was produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, the most prolific supplier of screen entertainment for African-American movie theaters. Micheaux's leading lady, Evelyn Preer, starred as a young Chicago girl visiting her aunt in Mississippi. The girl is accosted by the nasty son of a white planter and barely escapes being raped. Happily, Elmer Harris (Lorenzo McLane) of the Justice Department is also present and can arrest Ballinger. Elmer reappears in Harlem, New York months later, once again rescuing a damsel-in-distress, this time the old aunt (Henrietta Lovelass), who has been falsely accused of murdering a crooked casino proprietor (Edward Thompson, Evelyn Preer's real-life husband). The Spider's Web proved popular enough for Micheaux to remake it in 1932, this time under the title The Girl From Chicago. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi

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Maybelle Chew Baltimore Afro-American To us Grace Smyth was the picture's one bright spot. Jul 27, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis This "all-black" silent melodrama was produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, the most prolific supplier of screen entertainment for African-American movie theaters. Micheaux's leading lady, Evelyn Preer, starred as a young Chicago girl visiting her aunt in Mississippi. The girl is accosted by the nasty son of a white planter and barely escapes being raped. Happily, Elmer Harris (Lorenzo McLane) of the Justice Department is also present and can arrest Ballinger. Elmer reappears in Harlem, New York months later, once again rescuing a damsel-in-distress, this time the old aunt (Henrietta Lovelass), who has been falsely accused of murdering a crooked casino proprietor (Edward Thompson, Evelyn Preer's real-life husband). The Spider's Web proved popular enough for Micheaux to remake it in 1932, this time under the title The Girl From Chicago. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
Director
Oscar Micheaux
Producer
Oscar Micheaux
Screenwriter
Oscar Micheaux
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English