Ebony Film Corporation


Ebony Film Corporation was an American film company established in Chicago in 1915 as Historical Feature Film Company. Its films were distributed "exclusively" by General Film Company. The company's films and its depictions of African Americans caused outrage and opposition from African Americans. The company used a logo of a monkey in blackface. The business folded in 1919.
The company produced two-reel Westerns, newsreels, and documentaries as well as several short comedy films with African American casts depicting degrading racial stereotypes.
A Reckless Rover is a 1918 slapstick comedy film that survives in the Library of Congress' collection. The film credits C. N. David as its director and features a man who does not want to get out of bed pursued by bumbling Keystone Cops style antics. He is put to work in a Chinese laundry and various antics ensue.
Sam Robinson starred in several of Ebony's slapstick comedy films. Luther J. Pollard was credited as a producer.
One of the company's advertisements listed its film offerings and teased the coming of a film adaptation of Eldred Kurtz Means' story "Good Luck in Old Clothes" s from the Tickfall Tales series. The film was produced.

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