Acting

Augustus Smith

Born January 14, 1891 · Gainesville, Florida, USA

Died December 27, 1964 · aged 73

No biography available.

Known For

Chloe, Love Is Calling YouChloe, Love Is Calling You · 1934
Chloe, Love Is Calling You
★ 3.91934
MovieHorror
A black voodoo priestess comes out of the Louisiana swamps to take revenge on the white plantation owner she believes killed her husband. The old conjure woman Mandy returns with her daughter Chloe to their bayou home after fifteen years. Chloe was too young to remember much about the bayou, but once Mandy had been a famous voodoo priestess in these parts. But after the whites lynched her husband Sam, she took her little girl & moved away into the Everglades. She seems to have gone a little mad in the intervening years & has returned swearing a belated vengeance against the murdering white folks.
Killer DillerKiller Diller · 1948
Killer Diller
★ 5.21948
MovieComedyDrama
An all-Black comedy and dance revue with stars of stage and screen.
Hi-De-HoHi-De-Ho · 1947
Hi-De-Ho
★ 6.11947
MovieMusic
Cab Calloway plays himself in a plot about jealousy, night clubs, and gangsters. Ends with a series of musical numbers.
Boarding House BluesBoarding House Blues · 1948
Boarding House Blues
★ 5.41948
MovieMusicDrama
In order to save their home, tenants of a boarding house put on a show.
Murder on Lenox AvenueMurder on Lenox Avenue · 1941
Murder on Lenox Avenue
★ 5.01941
MovieDrama
Dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house center around Pa Wilkins, chosen by the Better Business League to replace their ousted, crooked leader Marshall...who wants revenge; and Pa's ward Jim Bracton, a two-timing Romeo whose affairs are coming to a crisis. And hanging around is Marshall's murderous junkie henchman, Lomax. Will it all end in someone's being killed?
Stolen ParadiseStolen Paradise · 1940
Stolen Paradise
★ 10.01940
MovieDrama
Robert Gordon, a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school, believes he has a vocation for the priesthood. He is taken to live with his father in his palatial Florida home. There he falls in love with his step-sister, Patricia Morrow, ten years his senior. He runs away and joins the R.A.F. Shot down in battle, he is rescued and taken to a monastery where he renounces the world to study for the priesthood.
Chicago After DarkChicago After Dark · 1946
Chicago After Dark
★ 8.01946
MovieComedyMusic
An upstanding young attorney and his girlfriend go after a crooked politician.
Drums O' VoodooDrums O' Voodoo · 1934
Drums O' Voodoo
★ 6.21934
MovieDramaHorror
In Louisiana, a voodoo priestess and a minister preach their religion to the same community. One day, an evil man named Tom comes into town and tries to force the minister's daughter to go with him to his sinful place across the river where all manners of "evil" things occur like drinking and gambling! It's up to the voodoo priestess to stop Tom before he can corrupt the innocent girl.

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