
Lime Kiln Club Field Day
Comedy
Modeled after a popular collection of stories known as "Brother Gardener's Lime Kiln Club," the plot features three suitors vying to win the hand of the local beauty. Filmed in 1913, but after considerable footage was shot, the film was abandoned. One hundred years later, the seven reels of untitled and unassembled footage were discovered in the film vaults of the Museum of Modern Art, and are now believed to constitute the earliest surviving feature film starring black actors.
Cast
Bert WilliamsBert
Odessa Warren GreyThe GirlWes JenkinsBrother Gardner
Walker ThompsonBarber SuitorHenry TroyAngry SuitorAbbie MitchellThe MotherBilly HarperShortyLester A. WaltonParsonJulius GlennBar ManagerSam Corker Jr.Man with shotgunEmma ReedChicken VendorJ. Leubrie Hillclub memberSam LucasClub memberTom BrownClub memberWilliam H. ChappelleClub member










