J. Harrison Edwards
Appearance
J. Harrison Edwards was a writer and film director.
He established Franco-Canadian Industrial Film Company to produce "industrial" and educational films.[1] In 1921 he was an organizer of Colored Feature Photoplay Inc.[2]
His film Square Joe was filmed in Harlem with boxers Joe Jeanette[3] and John Lester Johnson among the African American cast.
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Charles T. Dazey, who authored In Old Kentucky, wrote the titles and was hired to "inject local color into the text" of the film The Fighting Kentuckians. A Sterling Feature Pictures release, its cast included Thornton Bastion, Irma Harrison, Myra Brooks, Tom Burroughs, Adele Kelly, Colen Chase, Pete Raymond, and May Wick.[4][5]
Filmography
[edit]- The Fighting Kentuckians (1920)[6]
- Square Joe[7] (1922)[8][9]
- Love Wins
- Six Episodes of the Hidden Hand[1]
- The Bride (1925), short film
- Playing the Ponies (1925)[10] alt title?
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Canadian Moving Picture Digest". 1922.
- ^ Sampson, Henry T. (1995). Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810826052.
- ^ Gilbert, Valerie C. (27 September 2021). Women and Mixed Race Representation in Film: Eight Star Profiles. McFarland. ISBN 9781476644738.
- ^ "Southern Mountaineers Filmography". Southern Mountaineers Filmography. October 17, 2019.
- ^ Connelly, Robert B. (1998). The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36. December Press. ISBN 9780913204368.
- ^ "Forest Leaves". 1921.
- ^ Gilbert, Valerie C. (27 September 2021). Women and Mixed Race Representation in Film: Eight Star Profiles. McFarland. ISBN 9781476644738.
- ^ Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1052-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Record Attendance to See Square Joe" The New York Age June 24, 1922
- ^ "Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures. Part 1, group 2". 1925.