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God's Step Children

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Calorie Rating: 98
Released: 1938-01-01
Running Time: 70 Minutes
Studios: Micheaux Picture Corporation,


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.

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Cast

Jacqueline Lewis
Character: Young Naomi
Ethel Moses
Character: Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva
Alice B. Russell
Character: Mrs. Saunders

Trixie Smith
Character: A Visitor
Charles Thompson
Character: Young Jimmie
Carman Newsome
Character: Adult Jimmie

Gloria Press
Character: Adult Naomi
Alec Lovejoy
Character: Ontrue Cowper
Columbus Jackson
Character: Cowper's Associate

Laura Bowman
Character: Aunt Carrie
Sam Patterson
Character: Banker
Charles R. Moore
Character: School Superintent

Consuelo Harris
Character: Muscle Dancer
Sammy Gardiner
Character: Tap Dancer
Leon Gross
Character: Orchestra Leader

Dorothy Van Engle
Character: Naomi's Mother
Cherokee Thornton
Character: Clyde Wade


Production and Crew

Oscar Micheaux
Screenplay

Lester Lang
Director of Photography