The Brute (1920 film)
| The Brute | |
|---|---|
 Newspaper advertisement for the film | |
| Directed by | Oscar Micheaux |
| Produced by | Oscar Micheaux |
| Written by | Oscar Micheaux |
| Cinematography | "Whitie" [Note 1] |
Production company |
Micheaux Film Corp. |
| Distributed by | Micheaux Film Corp. |
Release dates | 1920 |
Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
The Brute is a 1920 silent race film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux. No print of the film is known to exist and the production is believed to be a lost film.[2] The original version of the film included a scene where the boxer defeats a white rival, but Micheaux was forced to remove the scene by censors.[3]
Plot
Herbert Lanyon is thought to be dead after a shipwreck, and his fiancée Mildred Carrison is forced by her money-minded Aunt Clara into marriage with "Bull" Magee, a gambler and underworld boss who mistreats Mildred. After Herbert returns, Magee undergoes financial difficulties that he blames on Mildred and Herbert, and seeks revenge. Herbert and a repentant Aunt Clara, however, free Mildred from Magee, and the lovers are able to marry. A subplot involves boxer "Tug" Wilson, who is ordered by his manager Magee to lay down in the seventeenth round of a prizefight at the film's climax. No other information concerning the plot has been discovered.
- -American Film Institute
Cast
- Evelyn Preer - Mildred Carrison
- A. B. DeComathiere - Bull Magee
- Sam Langford - Tug Wilson
- Susie Sutton - Aunt Clara
- Lawrence Chenault - Herbert Lanyon
- Laura Bowman - Mrs. Carrison
- Mattie Edwards - Guest in "The Hole"
- Alice Gorgas - Margaret Pendleton
- Virgil Williams - Referee
- Marty Cutler - Sidney Kirkwood
- Foy Clements - Irene Lanyon
- Louis Schooler - Klondike
- Harry Plater
- E. G. Tatum
- Al Gaines
See also
Notes
References
External links
- The Brute at the Internet Movie Database
- The Brute at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Brute at the TCM Movie Database