Lawrence Chenault

Acting

Lawrence Chenault

Born November 23, 1877

Died December 27, 1943 · aged 66

No biography available.

Known For

The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux KlanThe Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan · 1920
The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan
5.71920
MovieDrama
Eve Mason, a white-passing black woman, moves to a remote cottage she inherited from her late father. She makes the acquaintance of her neighbor, a dashing black settler named Hugh Van Allen, and quickly falls for him. Trouble brews as the local cadre of racist hucksters want the valuable land Van Allen lives on, and will do anything to take it from him.
Body and SoulBody and Soul · 1925
Body and Soul
6.31925
MovieDrama
A convict escapes to a Southern town and passes himself off as a reverend, giving him the perfect cover to swindle the townspeople and corrupt an innocent young woman.
The Scar of ShameThe Scar of Shame · 1929
The Scar of Shame
5.51929
MovieDrama
An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.
Ten Nights in a BarroomTen Nights in a Barroom · 1926
Ten Nights in a Barroom
6.11926
MovieDrama
A man pursues the vice lord who killed his daughter, but his journey leads to self-discovery and the desire for a better life.
The SchemersThe Schemers · 1922
The Schemers
1922
MovieDrama
A research chemist with a drug company, is close to success in his attempt to develop a chemical substitute for gasoline. Juan Bronson, who is the private secretary of, the president of the company, conspires with to steal Paul's formula.
We Work AgainWe Work Again · 1937
We Work Again
5.61937
MovieDocumentary
The role of African Americans in the recovery years of the Great Depression is the subject of this informational short, which offers an idealized depiction of life in a segregated society. The highlight, by far, is rare footage of Orson Welles’s “Voodoo Macbeth,” produced in 1935 for the New York Negro Unit of the WPA’s Federal Theatre Project.
SpitfireSpitfire
Spitfire
MovieDrama
Follows a son of a well-known Black publisher, who has written a novel entitled The Uplift but is told by his publisher that it lacks the aura of reality because he has not lived among the lowly folk about whom he attempts to write.
The Devil's DiscipleThe Devil's Disciple · 1925
The Devil's Disciple
9.01925
MovieComedy
Aileen Kennibrew, a charming and beautiful girl calls on one Richard Ellis, a motion picture producer, who is impressed by her modesty, refined personality and striking carriage and is persuaded to "try" her out in the movies. She makes good, and altho' elevated after a few pictures to stardom, becomes obsessed with an overwhelming desire to go on the stage. Finally securing a part with a dramatic stock company, she fall in love with a character man, who, unknown to her, is of degenerate character. Giving him all her love, however, she sets out to reform him with the usual result—but that's the story!

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A Son of SatanA Son of Satan · 1924
A Son of Satan
7.01924
MovieComedyHorror
A Son of Satan is a 1924 silent race film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux. The film follows the misadventures of a man who accepted a bet to spend a night in a haunted house. Micheaux shot the film in The Bronx, New York, and Roanoke, Virginia. A Son of Satan ran into distribution problems when state censorship boards rejected the film based on its contents. New York censors objected to the film’s depiction of violence, particularly against women and animals (a cat is killed onscreen in one scene, a Ku Klux Klan leader is slain and a man chokes his wife to death), while Virginia censors complained the film’s references to miscegenation would "prove offensive to Southern ladies". In at least one state the film was banned for its title alone No print of the film is known to exist and it is presumed to be a lost film.