By Right of Birth (1921)
4m
Running Time
June 22, 1921Release Date
Plot.
Based on a story told by George Johnson, featuring Booker T. Washington. Only four minutes survive.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Clarence Brooks
Mr. Jones
Webb King
Actor
Harry A. Gant
Director
George Johnson
Writer
Dora Mitchell
Writer
P.H. Updike
Producer
Anita Thompson
Booker T. Washington
Details.
Wiki.
The film By Right of Birth premiered on June 22, 1921, in Los Angeles, California. This film is one of the few surviving films of the Lincoln Motion Picture Company, which is known as the first producer of race films and of such silent films as By Right of Birth. The company was founded in 1916 and in 1923 produced its last movie, The Heart of a Negro.