Clarence Muse (October 14, 1889 – October 13, 1979) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, singer, and composer. He was the first African American to appear in a starring role in a film, 1929's Hearts in Dixie. He acted for 50 years, and appeared in more than 150 films. He was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1973.
ClarenceMuse (October 14, 1889 – October 13, 1979) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, singer, and composer. He was the first African American...
Constance Cummings, Allen Jenkins, Natalie Moorhead, Mayo Methot and ClarenceMuse. The film was released by Warner Bros. on April 1, 1933. The film was...
featured performances by Morgan Wallace, Ralf Harolde, Nina Mae McKinney, ClarenceMuse, and Noble Johnson. The screenplay by Joseph Jackson and Maude Fulton...
African-American performer and writer ClarenceMuse to be consulted on the screenplay, but Muse quit when Reymond ignored Muse's suggestions to portray African-American...
Otto Gilbert Emery as Dr. Lane Renie Riano as Photographer Uncredited ClarenceMuse as Sam Frank Darien as Horace Guy Usher as Constable C.E. Clark "Adam...
Freulich in 1939[dubious – discuss]. The 11-minute short film stars ClarenceMuse as a sharecropper and widower who plows his farm and tries to care for...
white images of the period. One plot focuses on Grandfather Nappus (ClarenceMuse), his daughter, Chloe (Bernice Pilot), her young son, Chinaquapin (Eugene...
Hollywood, Ruby found limited opportunities for herself or her girls. After ClarenceMuse, a working black actor in Hollywood (who befriended the family) told...
Morris Ankrum as Judge Don Douglas as Henderson Mae Marsh as Molly ClarenceMuse as Grandpa George Reed as Christopher Cordell Hickman as Nicodemus Paul...
as Virginia Kessler John McGuire as Ralph Dickson and Paul Dickson ClarenceMuse as Evans the Butler Terry Walker as Cecile Mannix Betty Compson as Mrs...
from Poland. In 1939 he directed the film The Broken Earth starring ClarenceMuse. The California Digital Library has a collection of his papers. The...
also a member of American Women's Voluntary Services. She joined actor ClarenceMuse, one of the first black members of the Screen Actors Guild, in an NBC...
Sleepy Time Down South" from Safe in Hell - (Leon René, Otis René, ClarenceMuse) - 4:04 "There'll Be Some Changes Made" - (W. Benton Overstreet, Billy...
films by co-writing the screenplay for Way Down South, co-written with ClarenceMuse, African-American Hollywood actor and musician.: p366-369 Hughes believed...
career. Charles Bates as Roger Newton Irving Bacon as Station Master ClarenceMuse as Pullman Porter Janet Shaw as Louise Finch Estelle Jewell as Catherine...
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