Son of Ingagi
- Directed by
- Kahn, Richard C., American, 1897 - 1960
- Written by
- Williams, Spencer, American, 1893-1969
- Produced by
- Kahn, Richard C., American, 1897 - 1960
- Distributed by
- Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979
- Subject of
- Williams, Spencer, American, 1893-1969
- Williams, Zack, American, 1884 - 1958
- Bowman, Laura, American, 1881 - 1957
- Grant, Alfred, American, 1912 - 1984
- Bufford, Daisy, American, 1913 - 1987
- Graves, Jesse, American, 1879 - 1949
- Ray, Arthur, American, 1888 - 1942
- Morris, Earle, American, born 1897
- The Four Toppers, American
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- acetate film, metal and cardboard
- Dimensions
- Duration: 70 Minutes
- Length (Film Reel 1): 1000 Feet
- Length (Film Reel 2): 900 Feet
- Description
- A 16mm release print of the feature film Son of Ingagi. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film (a) and (b) with variable-area optical sound. Two (2) metal film reels (c) and (d), and a film shipping box (e) also accompany the 16mm films. A pink and white label is taped onto the shipping box, with ["SON OF INGAGI"/ +/ "LYING LIPS"/ (SAFETY)] handwritten onto it in black ink; [WALD TRANSFER & STORAGE CO.] is printed on the bottom of the label in pink uppercase letters. There are three (3) other labels on the shipping box, all of which are blue and white. Two (2) of the other labels also have information handwritten onto them.
- The film opens with a couple, Eleanor (Daisy Bufford) and Bob Lindsay (Alfred Grant), getting married inside a church. On their way out of the church, they are greeted by Mr. Bradshaw (Earle Morris), a divorce attorney, who congratulates them on their nuptials. Shortly after, two other individuals, Dr. Helen Jackson (Laura Bowman) and Detective Nelson (Spencer Williams), join Mr. Bradshaw. The rest of the film follows Dr. Jackson’s attempt to conceal a creature she brought back from a recent trip to Africa.
- Place filmed
- United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Type
- sound films
- black-and-white films (visual works)
- release prints (motion pictures)
- feature films
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Domestic life
- Film
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
- Object number
- 2015.167.18.1a-e
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.