Carman Newsome
Actor · 1912 – 1974 · Stafford, Kansas, USA
African-American actor, musician and band conductor in the United States.
Movies6
Movie6.0DramaTed Gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway, but he has trouble with his star singer.
Swing!
1938 · 4 votes
Movie4.0DramaGangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.
The Notorious Elinor Lee
1940 · 1 votes
Movie6.0DramaNaomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.
God's Step Children
1938 · 7 votes
Movie5.0DramaMusicA nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt.
Lying Lips
1939 · 7 votes
Movie5.4DramaAfter graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.
Birthright
1938 · 14 votes
Movie9.0DramaA young black Harvard graduate fights against a variety of obstacles, including racist opposition, in order to build a school for black children. Considered a lost film.
Birthright
1924 · 1 votes