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'''''The Lady Fare''''' is a 1929 American short [[comedy film]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=swNLlRZlTz0C&q=the+lady+fare+1929|title=Exhibitors Herald World|date=April 5, 1930|publisher=Quigley Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Richards |first=Larry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTGSCgAAQBAJ |title=African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography |date=2015-09-17 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1052-8 |language=en}}</ref> directed by William Watson,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Coleman |first=Robin R. Means |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C63HBQAAQBAJ |title=Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present |date=2013-03-01 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-94293-8 |pages=99 |language=en}}</ref> from a story by [[Octavus Roy Cohen]], and screenplay by [[Spencer Williams (actor)|Spencer Williams]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4n1ZAAAAMAAJ&q=the+lady+fare+1929|title=Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films|first=Henry T.|last=Sampson|date=April 5, 1995|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810826052|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Black Film Resarch Online |url=http://blackfilm.uchicago.edu/research_projects/spencer_williams.shtml |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=University of Chicago}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=G. William |title=Williams, Spencer |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/williams-spencer |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cripps |first=Thomas |date=1978 |title=The Films of Spencer Williams |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3041505 |journal=Black American Literature Forum |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=128–134 |doi=10.2307/3041505 |issn=0148-6179}}</ref>
'''''The Lady Fare''''' is a 1929 American short [[comedy film]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=swNLlRZlTz0C&q=the+lady+fare+1929|title=Exhibitors Herald World|date=April 5, 1930|publisher=Quigley Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Richards |first=Larry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTGSCgAAQBAJ |title=African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography |date=2015-09-17 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1052-8 |language=en}}</ref> directed by William Watson,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Coleman |first=Robin R. Means |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C63HBQAAQBAJ |title=Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present |date=2013-03-01 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-94293-8 |pages=99 |language=en}}</ref> from a story by [[Octavus Roy Cohen]], and screenplay by [[Spencer Williams (actor)|Spencer Williams]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4n1ZAAAAMAAJ&q=the+lady+fare+1929|title=Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films|first=Henry T.|last=Sampson|date=April 5, 1995|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810826052|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Black Film Resarch Online |url=http://blackfilm.uchicago.edu/research_projects/spencer_williams.shtml |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=University of Chicago}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=G. William |title=Williams, Spencer |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/williams-spencer |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cripps |first=Thomas |date=1978 |title=The Films of Spencer Williams |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3041505 |journal=Black American Literature Forum |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=128–134 |doi=10.2307/3041505 |issn=0148-6179}}</ref>


Revision as of 04:25, 9 November 2022

  • Comment: 1929 film directed by one of the most important African American movie makers in history. Needs to be included. FloridaArmy (talk) 11:45, 23 June 2022 (UTC)


The Lady Fare is a 1929 American short comedy film,[1][2] directed by William Watson,[3] from a story by Octavus Roy Cohen, and screenplay by Spencer Williams.[4][5][6][7]

The film was one of the first African American talking movies.[8] It featured an all-female chorus line, possibly inspired by the Cotton Club.[9] The world premiered on September 28, 1929, and it is 20-minutes in length.[10]

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References

  1. ^ "Exhibitors Herald World". Quigley Publishing Company. April 5, 1930 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Richards, Larry (2015-09-17). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1052-8.
  3. ^ Coleman, Robin R. Means (2013-03-01). Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present. Routledge. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-136-94293-8.
  4. ^ Sampson, Henry T. (April 5, 1995). Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810826052 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Black Film Resarch Online". University of Chicago. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  6. ^ Jones, G. William. "Williams, Spencer". Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  7. ^ Cripps, Thomas (1978). "The Films of Spencer Williams". Black American Literature Forum. 12 (4): 128–134. doi:10.2307/3041505. ISSN 0148-6179.
  8. ^ "Williams, Spencer, Jr". Oxford African American Studies Center. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.43905. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  9. ^ "The Lady Fare", Performing Arts Encyclopedia, 1929-09-27, retrieved 2022-11-09
  10. ^ a b c d "Яндекс". KinoPoisk.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  11. ^ McCann, Bob (December 21, 2009). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 9780786458042 – via Google Books.



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