God's Step Children

1h 10m
Drama
5.3

Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.

Cast

Jacqueline Lewis
Young Naomi
Ethel Moses
Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva
Alice B. Russell
Mrs. Saunders
Trixie Smith
A Visitor
Charles Thompson
Young Jimmie
Carman Newsome
Adult Jimmie
Gloria Press
Adult Naomi
Alec Lovejoy
Ontrue Cowper
Columbus Jackson
Cowper's Associate
Laura Bowman
Aunt Carrie
Sam Patterson
Banker
Charles R. Moore
School Superintent
Consuela Harris
Muscle Dancer (Consuelo Harris)
Sammy Gardiner
Tap Dancer
Leon Gross
Orchestra Leader
Dorothy Van Engle
Naomi's Mother
Cherokee Thornton
Clyde Wade

Crew

Oscar Micheaux
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Patricia Rooney
Editor
Leonard Weiss
Editor
Lester Lang
Director of Photography

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