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An Oscar Micheaux Joint
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GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE
The Kansas Silent Film Festival will show Paul Robeson's screen
debut in the 1925 Oscar Micheaux film, "Body and Soul," which stars
Robeson in the dual role of a convict posing as a minister and his
earnest brother who vie for the same woman.
"Body and Soul" will be shown early in the 1:30 p.m. Saturday
session of the Kansas Silent Film Festival, which begins at 7 p.m.
Friday in White Concert Hall on the campus of Washburn University.
For more information abo...
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