Born on this day – Oscar Micheaux:

Writer

Director

Producer

January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951

Credits:

The Betrayal (1948); The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940); Lying Lips (1939); Birthright (1938); God's Step Children (1938); Swing! (1938); Underworld (1937); Murder in Harlem (1935); Temptation (1935); Harlem After Midnight (1934); Phantom of Kenwood (1933); Black Magic (1932); The Girl from Chicago (1932); Ten Minutes to Live (1932); Veiled Aristocrats (1932); The Darktown Revue (1931); The Exile (1931); Easy Street (1930); A Daughter of the Congo (1930); Wages of Sin (1929); When Men Betray (1928); Thirty Years Later (1928); The House Behind the Cedars (1927); The Millionaire (1927); The Broken Violin (1927); The Spider's Web (1927); The Conjure Woman (1926); The Devil's Disciple (1926); Marcus Garland (1925); Body and Soul (1925); A Son of Satan (1924); Birthright (1924); The Virgin of Seminole (1923); Deceit (1923); Uncle Jasper's Will (1922); The Dungeon (1922); The Gunsaulus Mystery (1921); The Hypocrite (1921); The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920); The Brute (1920); Within Our Gates (1920); The Homesteader (1919).