God's Step Children (1938)
105 min
Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.
- Release date
- May 1, 1938
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Jacqueline Lewis as Naomi, as a Child
- Ethel Moses as Mrs. Cushinberry
- Ethel Moses as Her Daughter Eva
- Alice B. Russell as Mrs. Saunders
- Trixie Smith as A Visitor
- Charles Thompson as Jimmie, as a Boy
- Carman Newsome as Jimmie, as an Adult
- Gloria Press as Naomi, as an Adult
- Alec Lovejoy as Ontrue Cowper, a Gambler
- Columbus Jackson as Cowper's Associate
- Laura Bowman as Aunt Carrie
Crew
- Oscar Micheaux · Director
- Oscar Micheaux · Writer
- Oscar Micheaux · Producer
- Lester Lang · Cinematographer
- Patricia Rooney · Editor
- Leonard Weiss · Editor