Lime Kiln Club Field Day

Overview

Modeled after a popular collection of stories known as "Brother Gardener's Lime Kiln Club," the plot features three suitors vying to win the hand of the local beauty. Filmed in 1913, but after considerable footage was shot, the film was abandoned. One hundred years later, the seven reels of untitled and unassembled footage were discovered in the film vaults of the Museum of Modern Art, and are now believed to constitute the earliest surviving feature film starring black actors.

Directed by Edwin Middleton, T. Hayes Hunter

Top cast

Bert Williams

Bert

Odessa Warren Grey

The Girl

W

Wes Jenkins

Brother Gardner

Walker Thompson

Barber Suitor

H

Henry Troy

Angry Suitor

A

Abbie Mitchell

The Mother

B

Billy Harper

Shorty

L

Lester A. Walton

Parson

J

Julius Glenn

Bar Manager

S

Sam Corker Jr.

Man with shotgun

E

Emma Reed

Chicken Vendor

J

J. Leubrie Hill

club member

S

Sam Lucas

Club member

T

Tom Brown

Club member

W

William H. Chappelle

Club member

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