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Circular for the Plaza Theatre advertising The wages of sin, probably 1929 Jan. 2-5author: Plaza Theatre extent: [2] p. date: probably 1929 Jan. 2-5 summary: Circular for the Plaza Theatre advertising the film The Wages of Sin, a 1927 Micheaux release, dated January 2 to January 5, 1929. The cover of the circular features an image of an evil-looking man holding a frightened woman. Next to the image, a question is posed: "Is he man or devil?" The name of the theater and the dates on which the film will be shown appear above the image. The title of the film and the words "all-star colored cast" appear below the image. The interior of the circular features five images from the film along with the title and the names of the stars. The back provides a brief synopsis of the film, nested between two images from the film. The synopsis promises that there will be a plot twist, an unusual character, thrilling events, and a logical and happy climax. repository: Middle Georgia Archives collection: Charles Henry Douglass business records box: 20 folder: 191 item: subjects: Plaza Theatre Page: [1] [view image]
[Note: Poster image for the film depicting a sinister man embracing a reluctant, desperate woman] IS HE MAN OR DEVIL?
Page: [2] [view image]
[Note: The text is surrounded by five images from the film depicting romance, high living, and danger]
LORENZO TUCKER -- SYLVIA BIRDSONG -- WM. [WILLIAM] A. CLAYTON, JR. -- KATHERINE NOISETTE -- WM. [WILLIAM] BAKER -- ALICE B. RUSSELL] Page: [3] [view image]
[Note: Film photograph showing two men, apparently the two brothers of the story, escorting a woman in formal attire.]
Oscar Micheaux's latest contribution to the screen and an adaptation from the story "ALIAS JEFFERSON LEE," with an all-colored cast, tells the story of two brothers, who meet shortly after the opening of the story when the older, Winston Le Jaune goes home to bury his mother. His older sister, when they are alone, delivers the mother's dying message which was for him to bear with the younger brother, J. Lee, who has already been shown, while they were soldiering together in France, to be a coward Winston is a motion picture producer and employs J. Lee. Shortly after J. Lee arrives, he begins to steal the company's money, which he spends on women, in cabarets and on wild parties, and is discharged. In the beginning, J. Lee had only crippled the firm by his thefts -- but once reinstated, he sets out to wreck it -- and succeeds, betraying his brother in the meanwhile. At this point the story takes an unexpected turn; a new and unusual character enters the picture, and the activities that follow add thrills and the heroism is of an unusual nature, bringing the story to a logical and happy climax that will please everybody.
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