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Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux created 2 movies in the Drama, Music, Musical, Mystery genres.
Oscar Micheaux didn't achieve real success and got average imdb rating 4.9.
Was the first African-American to produce a feature film--- The Homesteader (1919)
Was the first African-American to produce a sound feature film. The Exile (1931)
Received a star on Hollywood Boulevard in 1987.
Interred at Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas.
Those who worked with him have indicated that he pronounced his last name as "Me-shaw"
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 765-770. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
... Cousin of Solveig.
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