The Scar of Shame
5.5
10 votes·1929
·1h 26m
·MovieDrama
Overview
An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.
Keywords
marriage contractprison escapeclass differencessilent filmframed for a crimesleazy pimpsexual exploitationabusive stepfathermother son relationshipafrican americancastepiano player
Cast
Harry Henderson
Alvin Hillyard
Norman Johnstone
Eddie Blake
Ann Kennedy
Lucretia Green
Lucia Lynn Moses
Louise Howard
William E. Pettus
'Spike' Howard
Lawrence Chenault
Ralph Hathaway
Pearl McCormack
Alice Hathaway
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