Rag Tag - Nigerian Love Story for the Black Canon
'Rag Tag' encompasses the diversity within the African Diaspora by showing London Nigerian men learning to regulate their emotions while navigating love and societal pressures.
Our Mrs. McChesney (1918)
Mrs. Emma McChesney is a determined and successful traveling saleswoman for T. A. Buck's Featherbloom Petticoat Company. When Buck dies and his son, T. A. Buck, Jr., takes charge, the company suffers and Emma nearly accepts a job offer from Buck's rival, Abel Fromkin.
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Mrs. Emma McChesney is a determined and successful traveling saleswoman for T. A. Buck's Featherbloom Petticoat Company. When Buck dies and his son, T. A. Buck, Jr., takes charge, the company suffers and Emma nearly accepts a job offer from Buck's rival, Abel Fromkin.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Luther Reed
In Theaters:9/9/1918
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Runtime:50 minutes
Studio:Metro Pictures Corporation
Cast
Ralph Ince
Director
Ethel Barrymore
Emma McChesney
Huntley Gordon
T.A. Buck Jr
Wilfred Lytell
Jack McChesney
Lucille Lee Stewart
Vera Sherwood
John Daly Murphy
Abel Fromkin
Walter Percival
'Beauty' Blair
William H. St. James
'Fat' Ed Myers
Ricca Allen
Hattie Stitch
George S. Trimble
Joe Greenbaum
Sammy Cooper
Izzy Greenbaum
Fred Walters
Sam Harrison
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