Midnight Shadow is a 1939 film with an all African-American cast. It was directed and produced by George Randol, who was also African American.
Plot The mind-reading Prince Alihabad courts a girl from Oklahoma played by Frances E. Redd. Her parents want to make her happy, but they do not like that Alihabad worships Allah. A killer is on the loose and locals fear that it might be Alihabad.
Cast Frances Redd as Margaret Wilson Buck Woods as Lightfoot Richard Bates as Jr. Lingley Clinton Rosemond as Mr. Dan Wilson Jesse Lee Brooks as Sergeant Ramsey Edward Brandon as Buster Barnett Ollie Ann Robinson as Mrs. Emma Wilson Laurence Criner (billed as John Criner) as Prince Alihabad Pete Webster (actor) as John Mason Ruby Dandridge as Mrs. Lingley Napoleon Simpson as Mr. Ernest Lingley
Book coverage The film was briefly discussed in terms of plot and as an African American production in the books Hollywood Be Thy Name: African American Religion in American Film, 1929-1949 and Whispered Consolations: Law and Narrative in African American Life.
References
External links Full Cast and Crew: Midnight Shadow (1939), IMdB
"Ruth Lankford Redd Accompanies the Negro Community Chorus of Columbia, Missouri", undated photograph from Columbia, MO includes John Roland Redd's sisters Ruth Lankford Redd (accompanist) and Frances Elizabeth Redd, Collection: African Americans in Northeast Missouri, Hannibal Free Library