https://www.robertlevyproducer.org/index daily 1.0 2024-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/1515364537018-C20PQ7ZIMFZ71PQDHICQ/Robert+E.+Levy Robert Levy Photo by halfbinz/iStock / Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/1519326136918-ERVXIY1ND96UV8EON2KH/ClarenceMuse_3-4-1.jpg Robert Levy - Clarence Muse Clarence Muse (October 14, 1889 – October 13, 1979) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, singer, and composer. He was the first African American to appear in a starring role in a film, 1929's Hearts in Dixie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/1519326137635-H7ED8M2ZBOM5AUBTYOR0/Dooley_Wilson.jpg Robert Levy - Dooley Wilson Arthur "Dooley" Wilson (April 3, 1886 – May 30, 1953) was an American actor, singer and musician who is best remembered for his portrayal of Sam in the 1942 film Casablanca. In that romantic drama, he performs its theme song "As Time Goes By". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/1519326137337-ZK1B9HAKW4NYADDNKD9Z/G_Abbie_Mitchell_3-4.jpg Robert Levy - Abbie Mitchell Abriea "Abbie" Mitchell Cook (25 September 1884 – 16 March 1960), also billed as Abbey Mitchell, was an American soprano opera singer. She performed the role of Clara in the premiere production of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess in 1935, and was also the first to record "Summertime" from that musical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/1707593134235-Q664U668HLT7ISCXUTHS/Evelyn+Preer+_3.jpg Robert Levy - Evelyn Preer Evelyn Preer (née Jarvis; July 26, 1896 – November 17, 1932), was an African American pioneering screen and stage actress, and jazz and blues singer in Hollywood during the late-1910s through the early 1930s.[1] Preer was known within the Black community as "The First Lady of the Screen." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/1707838656734-PSLFWSCRE5TXOO9414PL/Edna+Moton_The+Secret+Sorrow.jpg Robert Levy - Edna Morton Edna Morton (April 2, 1894 – July 31, 1980) was an American actress who was in films in the 1920s.[1][2] She starred in mainly race films most of them produced by Reol Productions.[1] Her most notable films being Spitfire (1922), Easy Money (1922), and The Call of His People (1921). 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Make it stand out Add for Lafayette Players' performance in Harlem, 1918 ”Faust" play in operatic form, starring soprano Abbie Mitchell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/2d8a002e-6abb-4fd0-8a3d-56deaeef767e/Imdb_logo_100.png Before the Harlem Renesanse - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/0568fa62-32cc-4575-87ed-4c285f42af00/Peterson.jpg Before the Harlem Renesanse - Charlene Regester, PhD Christina Petersen PhD, Professor Film Studies, Eckerd College "Levy is credited in some press at the time as being the one to pioneer the idea of the black movie star." (quote source Motion Classics 1922, February issue). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/e0b4571d-3610-482e-9cc7-1306b3157664/David_Krasner.jpg Before the Harlem Renesanse - Make it stand out David Krasner, Writer, Educator Chair of Theatre at Five Towns College, Long Island In 1916 "Levy served a conduit between the white Broadway theatre that was prevalent at the time and moving the plays into Harlem, and that brought opportunities for black actors to be in shows they would not ordinarily be in''. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/dee8f55a-9b8c-401c-965a-b855fde1ea2d/Evelyn%2BPreer_Articles.png Before the Harlem Renesanse - Make it stand out Add for Lafayette Players at Lincoln Theatre, LA "Up in Mabel's Room" starring Evelyn Preer, 1929 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/d3661592-d2a7-44c4-b8b6-31bb5d5aa186/The+Sport+of+the+Gods+2+%281%29.jpg Before the Harlem Renesanse - Make it stand out The Sport of the Gods film, based on the novel written by Paul Laurence Dumbar, 1902 Super feature, released in 1921 Produced by Reol Pictures, Producer Robert Levy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/6d7fadaa-c1a3-4ddc-9c18-e19e39eb5f5b/BHR+book+cover Before the Harlem Renesanse - About Pellentesque varius blandit auctor. 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Walker Great-Granddaughter and Biographer "Robert Levy and Oscar Micheaux were both working towards the same goal - they wanted to elevate the African American actors and access artistry." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/2fedc05d-ceca-4ecf-a1ce-0b2eb1c4468c/McGilligan.jpg Before the Harlem Renesanse - Patrick McGilligan Patrick McGilligan Author, Oscar Micheaux’s Biographer "The Lafayette Players could do anything... They were the New York Theatre Guild before there was the New York Theatre Guild ..." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/93699df3-fec2-4342-b45f-10e9c91ddfad/Othello+performed+by+Lafayette+Players+1017.jpg Before the Harlem Renesanse - Make it stand out The New York Sun published on the fill page in 1917 a review of the first-ever production of William Shakespeare with an all-black cast, actors of Lafayette Players, of Harlem. General Manager: Robert Levy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/79c92873-a901-4377-95c0-0bf97189c7b9/Dr+JeKYLL.png Before the Harlem Renesanse - Make it stand out Add for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" drama starring Clarence Muse Lafayette Theatre, Harlem, 1917 https://www.robertlevyproducer.org/before-harlem-renesanse daily 0.75 2024-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/2fedc05d-ceca-4ecf-a1ce-0b2eb1c4468c/McGilligan.jpg Documentary Film - Patrick McGilligan Patrick McGilligan Author, Oscar Micheaux’s Biographer "The Lafayette Players could do anything... They were the New York Theatre Guild before there was the New York Theatre Guild ..." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/d3661592-d2a7-44c4-b8b6-31bb5d5aa186/The+Sport+of+the+Gods+2+%281%29.jpg Documentary Film - Make it stand out The Sport of the Gods film, based on the novel written by Paul Laurence Dumbar, 1902 Super feature, released in 1921 Produced by Reol Pictures, Producer Robert Levy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/2d8a002e-6abb-4fd0-8a3d-56deaeef767e/Imdb_logo_100.png Documentary Film - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/0568fa62-32cc-4575-87ed-4c285f42af00/Peterson.jpg Documentary Film - Charlene Regester, PhD Christina Petersen PhD, Professor Film Studies, Eckerd College "Levy is credited in some press at the time as being the one to pioneer the idea of the black movie star." 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Walker Great-Granddaughter and Biographer "Robert Levy and Oscar Micheaux were both working towards the same goal - they wanted to elevate the African American actors and access artistry." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/dee8f55a-9b8c-401c-965a-b855fde1ea2d/Evelyn%2BPreer_Articles.png Documentary Film - Make it stand out Add for Lafayette Players at Lincoln Theatre, LA "Up in Mabel's Room" starring Evelyn Preer, 1929 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/93699df3-fec2-4342-b45f-10e9c91ddfad/Othello+performed+by+Lafayette+Players+1017.jpg Documentary Film - Make it stand out The New York Sun published on the fill page in 1917 a review of the first-ever production of William Shakespeare with an all-black cast, actors of Lafayette Players, of Harlem. General Manager: Robert Levy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/c288fc72-7f4b-4b2c-af88-10b956ede5eb/New+York+Age+add+for+Faust+1917 Documentary Film - Make it stand out Add for Lafayette Players' performance in Harlem, 1918 ”Faust" play in operatic form, starring soprano Abbie Mitchell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/79c92873-a901-4377-95c0-0bf97189c7b9/Dr+JeKYLL.png Documentary Film - Make it stand out Add for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" drama starring Clarence Muse Lafayette Theatre, Harlem, 1917 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a145ea4f9a61e2e33ea3895/6d7fadaa-c1a3-4ddc-9c18-e19e39eb5f5b/BHR+book+cover Documentary Film - About Pellentesque varius blandit auctor. Nulla quis lorem id ante condimentum laoreet vel vitae erat. Integer quis massa quis metus ultrices luctus eget vitae enim. Nullam sodales, diam non tempus blandit, tellus nisi cursus metus, a varius orci odio sit amet est. 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