Bert Williams Lime Kiln Club Field Day
Mar 26, 2015nbsp018332Headlined by Bert Williams, the first great black star on Broadway, the never-released Lime Kiln Club Field Day is thought to be the oldest surviving feature film with an African American cast. Discovered in MoMAs Biograph Studio collection and finally restored 100 years after their production, the seven untitled reels of film presented here were intended for a romantic comedy that was ...