The Spider's Web (1926 film)
| The Spider's Web | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Oscar Micheaux |
| Starring | Evelyn Preer |
| Country | United States |
The Spider's Web is a 1926 American film directed by Oscar Micheaux which stars Evelyn Preer.[1] It was remade in 1932 as The Girl from Chicago.[2]
The film is about a beautiful young woman from Harlem in New York City who travels to a small town in Mississippi where she receives unwelcome courting.[3] She returns to Harlem.[4][5]
Plot
Norma Shepard is a teenage Black girl from
Norma convinces her aunt to move to Harlem. The aunt loses her life savings playing the numbers racket. With her last dollar, the aunt manages to pick a winning number. When she tries to collect her winnings from Martinez, the racketeer, she finds him dead. She takes her winnings from his safe.
The aunt is arrested for Martinez's murder. Elmer Harris, now working undercover in Harlem investigating the rackets, proves the aunt's innocence by discovering that wealthy Madame Boley killed her lover Martinez. Elmer and Norma wed.
Cast
- Evelyn Preer as Norma Shepard
- Lorenzo McLane as Elmer Harris
- Edward Thompson
- Grace Smyth[6] as Madame Boley[7]
- Marshall Rodgers
- Henrietta Loveless
- Billy Gulfport
- Dorothy Treadwell[8]
- Zaidee Jackson[citation needed]
References
- ISBN 9780253021557– via Google Books.
- ^ "The Girl from Chicago". The Criterion Channel.
- ^ "Spider's Web, the (1926) - 01". The New York Age. January 8, 1927. p. 6.
- ISBN 9780520936409– via Google Books.
- ^ "The Crisis". April 1979.
- ^ "Entertainment-Jan-29-1927-1816312 | NewspaperArchive®".
- ISBN 9780253021557.
- ISBN 9780520209640.
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