God's Step Children
01/01/1938
1h 10m



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.
Cast
Jacqueline Lewis
Young Naomi


Ethel Moses
Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva


Alice B. Russell
Mrs. Saunders


Trixie Smith
A Visitor
Charles Thompson
Young Jimmie


Carman Newsome
Adult Jimmie


Gloria Press
Adult Naomi


Alec Lovejoy
Ontrue Cowper


Columbus Jackson
Cowper's Associate
Laura Bowman
Aunt Carrie
Sam Patterson
Banker


Charles R. Moore
School Superintent


Consuela Harris
Muscle Dancer (Consuelo Harris)
Sammy Gardiner
Tap Dancer


Leon Gross
Orchestra Leader


Dorothy Van Engle
Naomi's Mother


Cherokee Thornton
Clyde Wade
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