E.G. Tatum

Acting

E.G. Tatum

Born September 16, 1884 · Vidalia, Louisiana, USA

Died August 17, 1960 · aged 75

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.
Within Our GatesWithin Our Gates · 1920
Within Our Gates
★ 6.11920
MovieDramaRomance
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.
The Gunsaulus MysteryThe Gunsaulus Mystery · 1921
The Gunsaulus Mystery
★ 10.01921
MovieDramaCrime
When Arthur Gilpin, a black night watchman, finds young Myrtle Gunsaulus mysteriously murdered in the basement of a factory, he is charged with the crime. The film is now believed to be lost.
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.
The BruteThe Brute · 1920
The Brute
★ 7.01920
MovieDrama
The brute is a gambler, boxing manager and underworld boss who mistreats a young woman. She is forced into marriage with him for money after her original fiance is thought dead. When that man returns, he attempts to rescue her.

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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.