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The Betrayal is a 1948 American race film written, produced, and directed by Oscar Micheaux. He adapted it from his 1943 novel The Wind From Nowhere . Plot. Linda shoots Martin. Linda shoots her father, Dr. Lee, for ruining her marriage to Martin. Martin Eden is a successful African-American farmer in South Dakota.
The Betrayal: Directed by Oscar Micheaux. With William Byrd, Leroy Collins, Verlie Cowan, Frances De Young. Martin Eden is a successful African-American farmer in South Dakota.
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- Drama
- Oscar Micheaux
- 1948-06-24
Although the film is based on Oscar Micheaux's novel Wind from Nowhere, it has sometimes been described as a loose remake of Micheaux's first film, The Homesteader, which was released in 1919 (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1911-20; F1.2021) The Betrayal was the first all-black film to have a Broadway premiere.
- Oscar Micheaux
- Lou Vernon
Martin Eden is a successful African-American farmer in South Dakota. He is in love with Deborah Stewart, but he believes that she is white and that she would not be interested in him. He is unaware that Deborah also loves him. Martin goes to Chicago to seek out a wife.
The Betrayal. 1948 Directed by Oscar Micheaux. The Unforgettable story of Martin Eden, young Negro man of Conquest, who built an agricultural empire in the Dakota Wilderness - with the strangest love story ever told!
- Oscar Micheaux
- Micheaux Picture Corporation
1948 USA Directed by Oscar Micheaux Produced by Oscar Micheaux Featuring LeRoy Collins, Gladys Williams, Myra Stanton
In this film, African-American Leroy Collins struggles with the onus placed on him by Society when he falls in love with a white woman.
