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Carl Mahon

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Carl Mahon was an actor in the United States. An African American, he had several film roles including a starring role in the 1932 film The Girl from Chicago

Mahon was born in Trinidad.[1]

He portrayed an Ethiopian in Oscar Micheaux's film The Exile.[2] In Micheaux's film The Girl from Chicago the director's voice is heard telling Mahon the line "Well, you've got to give it to her." which Mahon repeats.[3]

Filmography

Theater

References

  1. ^ History of Blacks in Film. William Grant Still Community Arts Center. 1983.
  2. ^ Green, J. Ronald (March 18, 2004). With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253027702 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Koszarski, Richard (August 27, 2008). Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813545523 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b c d Pitts, Michael R. (17 September 2015). Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. ISBN 9781476610368.