The Scar of Shame
(1927) American
B&W : Eight reels / 8023 feet
Directed by Frank Peregrini

Cast: Harry Henderson [Alvin Hillyard], Lucia Lynn Moses [Louise Howard], Ann Kennedy [Lucretia Green, the landlady], Norman Johnstone [Eddie Blake, Louise’s father], William E. Pettus [Spike Howard], Lawrence Chenault [Ralph Hathaway], Pearl MacCormick [Alice Hathaway]

Colored Players Film Corporation production. / From a story by David Starkman. Cinematography by Al Ligouri. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: African-Americans - Alcohol: Alcoholics, Drunkeness - Crime: Rape (Attempted) - Death: Suicide - Domestic violence - Families: Father-daughter relationships, Stepfathers - Marriages - Musical instruments: Pianos - Musicians - Race film - Singers - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 20 March 2006.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4828; Limbacher-Feature p. 214 : Documentary-Cram : Website-AFI.

Home Video: DVD.