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Eyes of Youth
(1920) United States of America
B&W : [?] Feature film?
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Abbie Mitchell

Quality Amusement Company production. / From the play Eyes of Youth by Max Marcin and Charles Guernon. / Released 25 January 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Website-AFI states that this all-black production was likely based on a theatrical production staged by The Lafayette Players, a Harlem-based theatrical company. The play was previously filmed as Eyes of Youth (1919). The play was subsequently filmed as The Love of Sunya (1927).

Drama.

Synopsis: Brief synopsis available in AFI-F1.

Survival status: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: African-Americans - Race film

Listing updated: 7 February 2016.

References: AFI-F1 nn. F1.1237, F1.1238 : Website-AFI.