The Octoroon (1913)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Short
Release: 1909-01-29
Director: Sidney Olcott
Writers: Dion Boucicault , Gene Gauntier
Language: None | English
Stars: Guy Coombs , Marguerite Courtot , Alice Joyce , Robert G. Vignola , Helen Lindroth , Harry F. Millarde , Miriam Cooper , Benjamin Ross , Robert Patterson
Runtime: 30 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Octoroon (United States of America) , The White Slave (United States of America) , The Octoroon
Plot: In the period before the Civil War, a young man returns to his hometown of New Orleans after having been gone for a long time. He soon meets and falls in love with an "octoroon", a young woman who is one-eighth black. However, since the "one-drop" laws--anyone having as little as one drop of "Negro" blood in them is still considered black, and therefore subject to be sold as a slave--are still in effect, the girl is sold at auction and purchased by an evil and murderous overseer. The young man sets out to free his love from the clutches of the evil slaver.
IMDB:tt0139507