The Scar of Shame
An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.
From the archive
I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. One of the final silent films released to star an all African-American cast, this melodrama follows a young lady as she attempts to move on from an abusive and low-income home. While the film was released in 1929, filming was complete by 1927. Modern reviews praise the film for its technique as well as a unique plot.
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The Scar of Shame (1929) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. The uploader declared an explicit licence, linked in the source panel. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- Frank Perugini
- Starring
- Harry Henderson, Norman Johnstone, Ann Kennedy, Lucia Lynn Moses, William E. Pettus, Lawrence Chenault, Pearl McCormack
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