The Widow's Bite

The Widow's Bite
StarringSpencer Williams
Evelyn Preer
Edward Thompson
Production
company
Al Christie Production
Release date
  • 1929 (1929)
[1]
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish

The Widow's Bite is a 1929 American comedy short film starring Spencer Williams, Evelyn Preer,[2][3] and Edward Thompson.[4] An Al Christie production, it was part of the film series adapted from the work of Octavus Roy Cohen.[5] The film includes "negro dialect".[6]

References

  1. ^ Bogle, Donald (1989). Blacks in American Films and Television: An Encyclopedia. Simon & Schuster. p. 485. ISBN 9780671675387 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Liebman, Roy (February 7, 2017). Broadway Actors in Films, 1894-2015. McFarland. p. 191. ISBN 9781476626154 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ McCann, Bob (September 27, 2022). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. p. 270. ISBN 9781476691404 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ The Widow's Bite (Short, Comedy), Spencer Williams, Evelyn Preer, Edward Thompson, Christie Film Company, retrieved June 12, 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ Peterson, Bernard L.; Peterson, Bernard J. (April 16, 1990). Early Black American Playwrights and Dramatic Writers: A Biographical Directory and Catalog of Plays, Films, and Broadcasting Scripts. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 197. ISBN 9780313266218 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9781476610528 – via Google Books.