Overview

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.

Genres

Cast

Ethel Moses

Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva

Alice B. Russell

Mrs. Saunders

Trixie Smith

A Visitor

Carman Newsome

Adult Jimmie

Gloria Press

Adult Naomi

Alec Lovejoy

Ontrue Cowper

Columbus Jackson

Cowper's Associate

Charles R. Moore

School Superintent

Consuela Harris

Muscle Dancer (Consuelo Harris)

Leon Gross

Orchestra Leader

Dorothy Van Engle

Naomi's Mother

Cherokee Thornton

Clyde Wade