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By Michael C. Wilcox, May 28, 2017
Oscar Micheaux Marker
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1 ► Virginia, Roanoke, Gainsboro — K-90 — Oscar Micheaux 1893-1951 —  |
| Oscar Micheaux, renowned leading creator of African American "race films" between 1919 and 1948, produced up to six full-length films in Roanoke between 1922 and 1925. The Strand Theatre housed the Micheaux Film Corporation from 1923 to 1925, while . . . — — Map (db m103847) HM | |||
| 2 ► New Jersey, Bergen County, Fort Lee — World/Peerless & Metropolitan Studios Lewis Street Fort Lee, NJ. Film History Was Made Here — |
| Jules Brulatour, who had earned a fortune as the agent for George Eastmans motion picture film, built the Peerless studio on Lewis Street in 1914. It was the original home of the World Film Corporation, which Brulatour formed with . . . — — Map (db m54909) HM | |||