Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913): Cast

Based on the popular “Brother Gardener’s Lime Kiln Club” stories, the plot follows three suitors courting a local beauty. Filmed in 1913, production halted after considerable footage was shot. A century later, seven reels of the untitled material were found in MoMA’s vaults and are considered the earliest surviving feature starring Black actors.

• EM Co-director Edwin Middleton
• TH Co-director T. Hayes Hunter

• TB Tom Brown as Club member
• WJ Wes Jenkins as Brother Gardner
• BW Bert Williams as Bert
• ER Emma Reed as Chicken Vendor

• The Ghoul 1933
• The Crimson Stain Mystery 1916
• Pool Sharks 1915