Within Our Gates

Within Our Gates

1920•1h 14m•6.0/10

DramaRomanceCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(100)

Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.

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Production

Micheaux Book & Film Company

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Evelyn Preer

Evelyn Preer

Sylvia Landry

Flo Clements

Flo Clements

Alma Prichard

James D. Ruffin

James D. Ruffin

Conrad Drebert - Sylvia's Fiancé

Jack Chenault

Jack Chenault

Larry Prichard - Alma's Stepbrother

Charles D. Lucas

Charles D. Lucas

Dr. V. Vivian

Bernice Ladd

Bernice Ladd

Mrs. Geraldine Stratton

Mrs. Evelyn

Mrs. Evelyn

Mrs. Elena Warwick

William Starks

William Starks

Jasper Landry

Mattie Edwards

Mattie Edwards

Jasper's Wife

E.G. Tatum

E.G. Tatum

Efram - Gridlestone's Servant

Grant Edwards

Grant Edwards

Emil Landry

Grant Gorman

Grant Gorman

Armand Gridlestone

William Smith

William Smith

Philip Gentry - A Detective

Ralph Johnson

Ralph Johnson

Philip Gridlestone

Leigh Whipper

Leigh Whipper

Jimmie Cook

(uncredited)

S.T. Jacks

S.T. Jacks

Rev. Wilson Jacobs (uncredited)

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