Movie
God's Step Children
Released: January 1, 1938 (1938)
Runtime: 70 minutes
Genres: Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Laura Bowman as Aunt Carrie
Age at release: 56
- Alice B. Russell as Mrs. Saunders
Age at release: 48
- Alec Lovejoy as Ontrue Cowper
Age at release: 44
- Trixie Smith as A Visitor
Age at release: 43
- Ethel Moses as Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva
Age at release: 33
- Carman Newsome as Adult Jimmie
Age at release: 25
- Jacqueline Lewis as Young Naomi
Age at release: Unknown
- Charles Thompson as Young Jimmie
Age at release: Unknown
- Gloria Press as Adult Naomi
Age at release: Unknown
- Columbus Jackson as Cowper's Associate
Age at release: Unknown
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- Cherokee Thornton as Clyde Wade
Age at release: 57
- Charles R. Moore as School Superintent
Age at release: 44
- Consuela Harris as Muscle Dancer (Consuelo Harris)
Age at release: 27
- Dorothy Van Engle as Naomi's Mother
Age at release: 27
- Sam Patterson as Banker
Age at release: Unknown
- Sammy Gardiner as Tap Dancer
Age at release: Unknown
- Leon Gross as Orchestra Leader
Age at release: Unknown